The Van Gogh Gallery Blog

The summer is the perfect time to get out of the heat and take in some culture at a local museum.   Fortunately, for Van Gogh lovers his works can be seen in museums all over the world.  The largest collections can be found in The Netherlands including famous works like The Potato Eaters, Sunflowers and Almond Blossom.  The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo have the largest collections.  Travel to Paris and see more of Van Gogh’s masterpieces like Starry Night Over the Rhone at the Musée d’Orsay or La Mousmé, Sitting at the Louvre.   In London both the National Gallery and the Tate Modern have works by Van Gogh.

In New York, you can see Van Gogh’s Starry Night in person at the Museum of Modern Art or see several of his other paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.   If you are in Chicago the Art Institute of Chicago has several impressive Van Gogh pieces including The Bedroom.  

And no matter where you are you can always view Van Gogh’s masterpieces by going to the Van Gogh Gallery catalog and filter by city, state, country or museum name to find the Van Goghs closest to you or just browse them online.

This year there are a variety of exciting Van Gogh exhibitions all over the globe.   Even if you don’t live near the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, you may still have an opportunity to see Van Gogh’s works up close and in person at a museum near you.  The following are just a sampling of some of the Van Gogh events going on this year:

Van Gogh Day – Sunday February, 21 at the Marbles Kids Museum, Raleigh, North Carolina

Van Gogh: The Flaming Soul – on going until March 28 at the National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan. 

Masterpieces from Paris:  Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne & Beyond – on going until April 4 at The National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters – on going until April 18 at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.  Enter our Van Gogh contest to win exhibition tickets.

Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales- ongoing until April 25 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay – September 25, 2010 – January 18 2011 at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, California.

For more information about new and upcoming Van Gogh exhibitions, please see the Events on the Van Gogh Gallery Facebook Page.

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The Real Van Gogh: The Artists and His Letters

Planning on being in London this spring?  If so, you should enter The Real Van Gogh: The artist and his letters contest. We are currently running a contest in cooperation with The Royal Academy of Arts in London to win a pair of exhibition tickets for The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters.

This landmark exhibition of the work of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) opened at The Royal Academy of Arts on January 23 and will run until April 18. The focus of the exhibition is the artist’s remarkable correspondence, with over 35 original letters on display in the main galleries of Burlington House, together with around 65 paintings and 30 drawings. The exhibition will offer a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the complex mind of Vincent van Gogh.

For the chance to win a pair of exhibition tickets simply email your name to competitions@royalacademy.org.uk with Van Gogh Gallery in the subject box. Prize drawn on 26 February. Judges’ decision is final.

For more information about the exhibit please see The Royal Academy of Arts.

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