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National Gallery of Canada Announces Van Gogh. Up Close

The National Gallery of Canada presents the first major Canadian exhibition of works by the famous Dutch artist for more than 25 years on view from May 25 to September 3, 2012.


Vincent van Gogh, Almond Blossom, 1890. Oil on canvas. Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation).

The National Gallery of Canada (NGC)’s 2012 exceptional summer show, Van Gogh: Up Close, will be the first major Canadian exhibition of works by the famous Dutch artist for more than 25 years. In what promises to be a truly unique exhibition, visitors to the National Gallery will have the opportunity to discover Vincent van Gogh’s genius from an entirely new perspective by exploring the artist’s approach to nature through his innovative use of the close-up view. Opening on May 25, 2012, the exhibition is organized in partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and supported by Sun Life Financial, the exhibition will be honoured by the patronage of Her Majesty The Queen of the Netherlands and His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada.

Van Gogh: Up Close will feature some 45 paintings from private and public collections around the world, offering the opportunity to see some of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings alongside others that are rarely, if ever, shown. The exhibition will also explore parallel uses of the close-up view in Japanese prints, drawings from the 16th through the 19th century and 19th-century photographs to provide a context for Van Gogh’s extraordinary compositions.

To find out more about the exhibition, visit www.gallery.ca/vangogh

National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada K1N 9N4

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