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Art Radio live coverage of The Museum of Modern Art's invitation-only, VIP exhibition preview on Tuesday, Sept. 16 featured conversations with one of the show organizers, Curatorial Assistant Jennifer Field, Raj Roy Chief Curator of Film, and Ramona Bannayan, Director of Collection Management and Exhibition Registration. Plus DJ sets by Prince Language!
The Museum of Modern Art and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, are collaborating on Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night (Sept. 21, 2008-Jan. 5, 2009), the first exhibition to be dedicated to Vincent van Gogh's representations of the evening and night, a theme that recurs throughout his oeuvre. Celebrated works from international collections will include The Starry Night (MoMA), Eugène Boch (The Poet) (Musée d'Orsay), and The Potato Eaters (Van Gogh Museum), as well as other iconic paintings, including The Night Café (Yale University Art Gallery), which will only be shown at MoMA, and works on paper. The exhibition is organized by Joachim Pissarro, Adjunct Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, and Sjraar van Heugten, Head of Collections, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
Vincent van Gogh. The Starry Night over the Rhône. 1888. Oil on canvas, 28 ½ x 36 1/4" (72.4 x 92 cm). Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Gift of M. and Mme Robert Kahn-Sriber, in memory of M. and Mme Fernand Moch, 1975. © Réunion des Musées Nationaux/Art Resource, NY. Photo: Hervé Lewandowski |