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Van Gogh Exhibitions 2012

Sonya — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:21:14 +0000

Despite the fact that during his lifetime, Vincent van Gogh was not able to share his artwork with a large audience, today crowds of people will travel great distances to get a glimpse of his works in museums and special exhibitions. 2011 was an impressive year for Van Gogh exhibitions, and 2012 promises to be just as remarkable. Next year Van Gogh fans will have some exciting opportunities to see the artist’s works at many different museum locations around the globe. From Geona to Denver, the following is a list of Van Gogh exhibitions in 2012. If you know of a Van Gogh exhibition in 2012 that is not on this list, please feel free to comment and share it with us.

Date	Exhibition Title	Museum	City	Country
November 12, 2011 – April 15, 2012	“Van Gogh and Gauguin’s Journey”	Palazzo Ducale	Genoa	Italy
February 1 – May 6	“Van Gogh Up Close”	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia	USA
February 24 – June 17	“Dreams of nature. Symbolism from Van Gogh to Kandinsky”	Van Gogh Museum	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
May 25 – September 3	“Van Gogh Up Close”	The National Gallery of Canada	Ottawa	Canada
July 14 – October 14	“Van Gogh to Kandinsky: Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910”	The National Gallery of Scotland	Edinburgh	Scotland
September 29 – February 3	“Van Gogh in the Hermitage Amsterdam”	The Hermitage Amsterdam	Amsterdam	The Netherlands
Oct 21 – Jan 20	“Becoming Van Gogh”	Denver Art Museum	Denver	USA

Announcing the New Van Gogh Gallery Redesign

Sonya — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:45:18 +0000

We are thrilled to announce the launch of the redesigned Van Gogh Gallery website. We’ve made enhancements to improve your experience as a visitor to the site and complement the works of Van Gogh. We would like to thank our friends at The Net Impact for all of their help with this web design project.

Some of the updates include a rotating banner on the home page featuring images of a few of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings including Starry Night, Almond Blossom, Wheat Field with Cypresses, Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, Self Portrait, 1889, Starry Night Over the Rhone, The Night Café in the Place Lamartine in Arles and The Church at Auvers. Website visitors will also now be able to read more of Van Gogh’s famous quotes in the rotating feature at the bottom of each page.

Searching for information on the site is also easier now with the search box in a consistent location on every page and easier to read text. The text on each page is also easier to read now too.

If you haven’t had a chance to see all of the enhancements, check out the newly redesigned Van Gogh Gallery website.

We value your feedback. Please share your comments with us and let us know what you think of the new design.

Van Gogh in Saintes-Maries

Sonya — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:10:37 +0000

In 1888, Van Gogh spent some time in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the South of France. Van Gogh was living in Arles at the time and on May 28, 1888 he wrote to his brother Theo saying, “I expect to make an excursion to Saintes-Maries, and see the Mediterranean at last.” By the first week of June Van Gogh was in Saintes-Maries where he marveled at the sea and its colors. He completed two paintings of the sea both shown below. In a letter to his brother Theo from June 4, 1888 he wrote,

“I am at last writing to you from Stes-Maries on the shore of the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean has the colours of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing light has taken on a tinge of pink or gray.”

In addition to the two seascapes, Van Gogh also painted: View of Saintes Maries, Three White Cottages in Saintes Maries, Street Scene in Saintes Maries and, probably his most recognized painting from this trip, Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes Maries. View his paintings of Saintes Maries below.

Letters Source:

http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/18/492.htm

http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/18/499.htm

Top Van Gogh Places

Sonya — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:49:50 +0000

We are frequently asked where are the best places to go to see Van Gogh outside of museums. The answer to this question really depends on what you want to do; whether it is tour the places in which Van Gogh lived and worked which can still be seen today or go on a bike ride though the French countryside passing Van Gogh landscapes along the way, there are plenty of opportunities to experience the world of Van Gogh. There are numerous tour companies which host Van Gogh related tours in Europe. Or you can go on your own walking tour and experience some of the sights that inspired Van Gogh’s masterpieces. The city of Arles, France has a walking tour that will take you by ten places

Notre Dame d'Auvers located in Auvers-sur-Oise, France

that Van Gogh captured in some of his most famous paintings including Starry Night Over the Rhone. Arles also has the Café Van Gogh, L’Espace Van Gogh, and the Langlois Bridge. If you would rather go back to Van Gogh’s roots, visit the town of Zundert in the Netherlands where you can see Van Gogh’s birthplace and the Van Gogh Church where Vincent’s Father was pastor. The town of Auvers-sur-Oise in France also gives visitors plenty of opportunities to step back in time and enter Van Gogh’s world. Visit the Dr. Gachet’s garden, Notre Dame D’Auvers (shown left), or have a meal at the charming Auberge Ravoux and you will be transported back to Van Gogh’s era.

View more details on some of the Van Gogh places you can still see today. Or venture off the beaten path a bit and find some of the spots on your own. Which Van Gogh places have you seen? Comment and share them with us.

Van Gogh Portrait – Vincent or Theo

Sonya — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:34:46 +0000

Over the past few weeks, there has been a lot of coverage in the news about a Van Gogh self-portrait (Self Portrait with Straw Hat, 1887), shown below, which is now thought by the Van Gogh Museum to be a portrait not of Vincent, but instead of his brother Theo van Gogh. The findings come from research by the Van Gogh Museum research team and as part of the exhibition “Van Gogh in Antwerp and Paris: New Perspectives,” which opened at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on June 22 of this year. It is thought that the painting was “the companion painting” to Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait, 1887 in which he is wearing a grey felt hat. The differences in the two portraits pointed out by the museum are in the beards as well as the eye color and ear shape. If the research proves true, this would be the only known portrait that Van Gogh painted of his brother Theo. The exhibition runs until the 18 of September 2011, so if you are in the Amsterdam area this summer, be sure to take a look to see for yourself. If you can’t make it to the exhibition, read more about their research here.

Share your thoughts and comment; do you think the portrait in question is Vincent or Theo?