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Van Gogh's Starry Night; painting of the night sky over a city

Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers

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200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, London’s National Gallery hosts the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.

This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionized his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealized spaces and symbolic characters.

Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show. Made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.

A fresh and tender vision of the well-known artist.

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Director

David Bickerstaff

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Country of Origin

UK

Year

2024

Language

English

19+
92 min

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Executive Producer

Phil Grabsky

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