Van Gogh in America @DIA - A Don't Miss

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"Starry Night" from Musée d'Orsay Paris

On Friday I viewed the "Van Gogh in America" exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts in a DIA members' preview. As an art lover, artist and one who has visited great collections in America and abroad, I can assure you that this is a most spectacular exhibition. Real paintings by the actual artist, not projections on walls.



Over seventy works of Van Gogh fill several galleries along with explanatory guides telling the story of the slow, then sudden, recognition of the artist's greatness in America.


"Van Gogh's Bedroom" from Art Institute of Chicago

"Wheatfield with Reaper" from Toledo Art Museum

The DIA, incidentally, was the first museum in America to acquire one of his paintings, this self portrait.

"Self Portrait" from Detroit Institute of Arts