van Gogh

There are encounters that will never happen in reality, but which continue to occur every time we pause in front of a work of art. It happens when time slows down, when the museum ceases to be a silent space and becomes a place of dialogue. Impossible Encounters stems precisely from this. From the desire […]

If I say ‘Van Gogh’, what comes to mind? Probably ears (or rather, the absence of one), starry skies and… sunflowers, lots of sunflowers. Today, I want to take you on a journey of discovery through one of the most beloved series of paintings in art history: The Sunflowers. Those golden flowers that seem to […]

POLLARD WILLOWS AT SUNSET BY VAN GOGH: DESCRIPTION AND CURIOUS FACTS When I look at Pollard Willows at Sunset by van Gogh there’s a words that immediately comes to my mind: emotion. If I look at brushstrokes and lines drawn by van Gogh with colour I feel his emotion while admiring this Provençal landscape. I can […]

BEDROOM IN ARLES BY VAN GOGH: 5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE PAINTING AND WHERE TO SEE IT Do you know the famous painting entitled Bedroom in Arles by van Gogh and do you know its meaning? In this post you’ll find an in-depth study in five points on one of the most famous paintings […]

VAN GOGH MUSEUM TICKETS: HOW TO BOOK AND SKIP THE LINE Van Gogh Museum tickets and how to plan a visit to the world’s largest collection of works by Vincent Van Gogh. If you are planning to visit Amsterdam or you are a fan of Van Gogh’s works you should definitely see this museum. In this […]

VAN GOGH MUSEUM WORKS: THE MASTERPIECES YOU MUST SEE Van Gogh Museum works you must see to avoid exiting the museum, which is the necessary stop of any journey to Amsterdam, without stopping in front of the most important masterpieces. It’s not easy to make a selection of the most important works of art, because it’s […]

SELF-PORTRAIT BY VAN GOGH: 5 THINGS TO KNOW I’ve been wanting to write a post about the Self-Portrait by Van Gogh for a long time, but I had a problem: which one of his several self-portraits should I have described? Throughout his life Van Gogh painted about 40 self-portraits and each one seems to be […]

Van Gogh movie. At Eternity’s Gate, after having been presented Venice Film Festival in 2018 and I sincerely could not wait to arrive in the cinemas. The film directed by Julian Scnabel is presented at the cinema with some prestigious awards and a coveted nomination. The film received the Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award and the director Julian […]

VAN GOGH’S MASTERPIECES AND WORKS Van Gogh’s works have become great masterpieces of history of art only after the death of the artist. The life of Van Gogh is the most interesting example of a misunderstood genius, because almost nobody knew his talent when he was still alive and nobody recognized in his brushstrokes the major […]

VINCENT VAN GOGH: 5 THINGS TO KNOW Vincent Van Gogh was a mad and visionary painter. Symbol of the tormented artist who mixes genius with madness, his life was a race towards self-destruction, full of turns of events and violence, but also genial artworks ignored by his contemporaries and considered masterpieces by all those who […]

THE STARRY NIGHT BY VAN GOGH. WHY VAN GOGH PAINTED IT, WHAT IT REPRESENTS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE IT In The Starry Night Van Gogh represents the most visionary night in history of art. Before this painting the night had never been so intense! It’s one of the most famous paintings by Van Gogh, in […]