RSSCan The Royal Academy of Arts Change My Mind on Van Gogh?
Feb 27
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For those of you who know me it is common knowledge that I despise the over reproduced, over commercialised work of “that tea towel artist” Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890). Badly reproduced images of sunflowers, starry night skys and that infamous self-portrait on mugs, aprons, millions of notebook covers and old lady tea towels have somewhat tainted my view on his work. Therefore, when I saw the crowds of pilgrims queueing at the entrance to his works most recent UK show at The Royal Academy of Arts I almost walked away. If it wasn’t for the marvel that is internet prebooking I certainly would have but I breezed passed with my prepurchased tickets feeling rather unoptimistic. The big question in my mind was could The Royal Academy change my mind on Van Gogh? Will I review my opinion and emerge from the grand entrance a Van Gogh fan?
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