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Japan wins out, with three separate shows that, together, will probably attract over a million visitors this year ...
Around the world, they are in unusual venues ranging from a Japanese museum in a mountain forest to a Warsaw church dome ...
(JTA) — Heirs of a German-Jewish banker are suing a Japanese insurance company for the return of one of Vincent van Gogh’s famed “Sunflowers” paintings or at least $750 million in punitive ...
"I envy the Japanese" Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. In the exhibition on which this film is based - VAN GOGH & JAPAN at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam - one can see why. Though Vincent van ...
Something else that might come as a revelation to anyone who has not studied van Gogh in depth: the influence of Japanese prints, which gained popularity in 19th-century Europe and which made ...
as Gauguin was sharing Van Gogh’s studio at that time. Japanese wood blocks are displayed both as examples of the art Van Gogh collected to decorate his yellow house and as inspiration for backgrounds ...
Miles Unger follows Vincent van Gogh’s time living in the bohemian Montmartre district, and its explosive effect on the painter’s work.
Examples of Japanese woodblock prints, of which van Gogh was an admirer, are also displayed. These pairings show how van Gogh was in an artistic dialogue beyond just his surroundings as well as an ...
Additionally, the exhibition will hold inspirations for Van Gogh, such as earlier Dutch art and Japanese woodblock prints. Works on display derive from the MFA’s own collection, as well as over ...
Exhibition on Screen is a documentary series that explores the history behind works of art. Each episode focuses on a particular iconic piece, revealing the background that led to its creation and ...