At this moment it's impossible to visit the Van Gogh Museum thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, and that's why the museum has decided to bring his masterpieces directly to the people.
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The extent to which aspects of both classic art and contemporary music took on different meanings when paired together amazed me. The withdrawn looks of the subjects became coy and knowing when I wondered what secrets they would reveal “if these walls could talk”, Haim’s defiant anthem of “baby, don’t save me” became the voice of women in French high society, and Nina Simone’s simple lament felt inspired by the Avenue de Chantilly. Where the more traditional music pairings became incidental, the contemporary pieces were in dialogue with the paintings, both resisting and conforming to the tone suggested by the music.
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While there are no two ways of coping during difficult times, we could learn a thing or two from artists who thrived in solitude and fortuitously produced their magnum opuses.
Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' just crossed the 10,000 votes threshold on LEGO’s “Ideas” platform, meaning it got enough support to go into production.
Originally painted in 1887, the work of art has been in the possession by a single French family for more than a century.