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Falmouth Art Center presents

an Exhibition on Screen film

VAN GOGH: POETS & LOVERS

Wednesday, March 19, 4 to 5:30pm in the Hermann Gallery at the Falmouth Art Center

Explore the passion which drove one of the world’s favorite artists to change art forever. This film rewrites the narrative and celebrate Van Gogh’s genius without exploiting his suffering. It is time to truly understand this iconic artist.

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery has opened the UK’s “once-in-a-century” Van Gogh exhibition, taking the world by storm and rewriting the narrative of this beloved artist. Exhibition on Screen brings this stunning exhibition to the big screen, along with a deep dive into Van Gogh’s fascinating life and incredible skill.

Focusing on his driving passions and unique creative process, the feature film Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France where he revolutionized his style and changed art forever.

The exhibition and Exhibition on Screen’s accompanying film are a celebration of Vincent van Gogh’s life and work, exploring his engagement with poetry and love, his diligent research, his groundbreaking use of color and his revolutionary style. Discover why he went to the South of France and how it changed everything for him. Appreciate the artist beyond his mental health issues and understand the intelligence and sheer passion that drove his incredible career.

Directed by David Bickerstaff

Running time: 90 minutes