October 18, 2005
'Unforgettable' Van Gogh show opens at Met
 "Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings," the first major exhibition in the U.S. of the artist's drawings, opened to the public today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The exhibition encompasses more than 100 works of pen and ink, graphite, chalk, charcoal, watercolor, and a few paintings on loan from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and 50 other collections. The New York Times has high praise for the show:
Frankly, the whole show, even including the bad drawings, is unforgettable.
It tracks the arc of his transformation, in a decade, from a tedious, disingratiating illustrator of glum peasant scenes into a fluent draftsman. Times scribe Michael Kimmelman also narrates an audio slide show available on the paper's web site.
The show will remain at the Met until Dec. 31. Expect crowds.
October 18, 2005 01:54 PM in Museums, Upper East Side
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