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Indepth Arts News: "Expansion and Renovation of the Van Gogh Museum" 1999-07-09 until 0000-00-00 Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, , NL Netherlands
The modernized Van Gogh Museum
After the re-opening in June 1999, the modernized Rietveld building
will be entirely devoted to paintings of Van Gogh and the permanent
collection of 19th century art. The new wing will be used for
temporary exhibitions. In the coming years there are a number of
important exhibitions to look forward to including one on Vincents
brother Theo van Gogh, the Collection of Dr. Gachet from the
Parisian Musee dOrsay, Prague 1900, Paul Signac and Van Gogh
and Gauguin.
Theo van Gogh: art dealer, collector and Vincents brother
The first exhibition in the new wing will be dedicated to Theo van
Gogh. He was the help and stay of his brother Vincent, as emerges
from the famous correspondence they kept up. However, Theo was
more than just that. Between 1881 and 1890 he headed an influential
art gallery in Paris and became a collector himself, often consulting
Vincent on his purchases. The exhibition will reveal what he dealt in
and collected: works including Degas, Gauguin, Millet, Monet,
Pissarro, Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec. Drawings and paintings by
Vincent which had special significance for Theo will also be on show.
In addition to the Theo van Gogh exhibition, there will also be a
presentation of the work of architect Kisho Kurokawa in the new
exhibition wing. His work will be explained with the aid of
scale-models, designs, sketches and drawings.
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