Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers - Exhibition On Screen

The most exciting and dramatic period of Van Gogh’s life explored on the big screen.

Directed by David Bickerstaff – Produced by Phil Grabsky

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is hosting 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 revolutionised his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealised 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.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Guardian

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Times

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Telegraph

This Van Gogh blockbuster is simply stellar... the exhibition of the yearEvening Standard

A riveting rollercoaster ride from Arles to the starsThe Guardian

Important Information

Venue: Stamford Arts Centre, Theatre

Running time: 90 mins

Tickets: £15 (£13 Concessions) £10 Under 26s

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