newyorker:For the first time in more than a decade, the…
For the first time in more than a decade, the Metropolitan Museum’s seventeen van Gogh paintings are all on view at once. Peter Schjeldahl reflects on his visit:
“I wasn’t alone with them. You seldom are with van Goghs. Dozens of people were looking, while, in a neighboring room, one or two or no viewers at a time paused among twenty-two paintings by Cezanne.”
Above: “Wheat Field with Cypresses” (1889). Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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