I saw this tonight in San Francisco. I’m neither an art fan nor an art aficionado, but this show was very good! Have you seen it? Your thoughts?
It is showing in 20 cities across the lower 48 and Toronto.
That makes me think about this sequence from Kurosawa’s Dreams, where someone steps inside Van Gogh’s paintings and walks around. It’s very well done.
The first minute or so in the art gallery is silent, but don’t be put off and think the whole clip is silent.
Excellent video.
Immersive Van Gogh was great. would go again.
This looks like what they do at Atelier des Lumières in Paris, with a rotating series of shows based on various artists. Checking the biography of the guy behind the Van Gogh show, I see he’s been in residence there for years, so it makes sense.
We’ve been a few times. It’s a great experience. The show they did on Salvador Dali was especially fun.
This thread is a perfect fit for Cafe Society. Moving.
And Van Gogh is played by Martin Scorsese.
I’ve been to the immersive experience and I loved it. I know that there have been other, similar exhibits and I have to say that for me it would depend on the artist being presented. Picasso would probably be worth seeing, IMO, as would Dali or Escher. Rembrandt, not so much. Again IMO.
Saw it, loved it.
The Mrs. and I went to see it in Milwaukee, with our youngest and her husband. We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Very trippy.
I certainly respect everyone’s opinions and your tastes may not be my taste, etc. However, I found the whole thing really kinda boring. It was like being inside an old Windows screensaver. I would have rather seen an exhibition of Van Gogh’s actual works so I could enjoy them as the artist intended.
I saw this in Dallas back around Thanksgiving, I think. Maybe it was put on by a different company than the one y’all saw.
I was given a ticket to one of these as a Christmas gift and went last month - mine was called “Beyond van Gogh.” Yes, there have been FIVE different ones making the rounds in the past year or so, run by different companies, so be aware of that.
As someone with a degree in art history who enjoys art galleries and has van Gogh’s complete works in book form, I don’t think this was meant for someone like me. You really do have to see his work in person to appreciate the thick brushstrokes, which you don’t get at all from a pixelly slide projection. He didn’t work large-scale either, so seeing his work blown up into this overwhelming spectacle that the original works didn’t intend at all… I dunno, it all rubbed me the wrong way. The rippling water effects were kind of cool I guess, but other animations like the blinking self-portraits seemed tacky to me.
Poster above mentioned the giant screensaver comparison but I also thought of a Pink Floyd laser show at the planetarium or something like that. There were a lot of kids running around who seemed to be enjoying it, and I see value in getting kids into art who wouldn’t or couldn’t go to an art gallery… but it just wasn’t for me.
I would give my left ear to see this show.
I adore Van Gogh. The art museum in Philly has several of his works including my favorite painting (not just my favorite Van Gogh- my favorite painting period) Rain (View From The Asylum Window). I thought the immersive exhibit was wonderful. I paid an extra $10 for the VR trip at the end of the exhibit. I felt that was worth the money. If I can manage it, I’d like to see the immersive exhibit again when it comes to Philadelphia.
I saw it in NYC. I enjoyed it and I am glad I saw it but I felt it was overpriced for what it was.
My daughters and I were gifted tickets for my birthday last year. I was skeptical going in (to put it mildly), but we all had a good time.
There was a lot of info and background on his madness and decline and how it affected his work, more than at any other static museum exhibit I’ve seen. He’s always been a favorite - I’ve seen his works in person many times, but the total immersion experience let us feel like we were in his head. Like others have said, it was kind of trippy - corresponding to his madness. My daughters, not known to be huge classical art fans, really took it in and got a good understanding of his importance.
It was a little pricey, but every museum/zoo/attraction around here nowadays is surprisingly expensive. There were times/days at lower rates than the top tier (possible pandemic price breaks - it was not very crowded when we went).
It was super cool. I’m hoping one day they release the video for public purchase.
Mrs. solost and I went yesterday with our 16 year old son. He was kind of underwhelmed by it. He said it looked like the work of a not very talented child. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and took several semesters of Art History, so I attempted to explain to him the Impressionist and Post-Impressioist movements, how Van Gogh fits into them, and how it’s better to see his works in person to see the brushstrokes and tactile quality of his paintings.
We were in downtown Detroit, not far from the Detroit Institute of Art, and I knew they had at least one Van Gogh, so I said hey, let’s go see a Van Gogh in person!
But there was no Van Gogh on display. Asked an assistant and she said it was in storage in preparation for an exhibition they were setting up. So I’m guessing they decided to piggyback on the Immersive Van Gogh and monetize any interest in that into a separately paid exhibit. So my son missed out 
There we competing immersive Van Gogh shows in Boston last December, never figured out which one was better than the other so didn’t go to either. The comment above about many competing exhibits, most relying on brand confusion, makes it a buyer beware situation.
There’s now an immersive Frida Kahlo exhibit making the rounds.
I haven’t seen mention of a Kahlo exhibit but wish I could see the Monet one currently touring or the King Tut one.
Van Gogh is one of my favorite artists and i loved the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit I went to.
My sister and I are currently finalizing plans to see the immersive King Tut exhibit. I can’t wait