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 |
2012 really promises to be remarkable. Van Gogh fans will be delighted.
Just visited van Gogh Up Close at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Beautiful collection. Read on blog post about it… http://www.TheModernTrobadors.com