Capital Van Gogh

Mon., Oct. 5, 1998

Thousand of art lovers braved dark weather Sunday to view the brilliant color and vibrant emotion of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings as the largest van Gogh exhibit in the United States in 25 years opened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The gallery is offering about 2,000 free passes for admission at specific times on a first-come, first-serve basis each day. Long lines are expected around the government-owned museum’s West Building each day of the exhibit, which runs through Jan. 3. The paintings are on loan from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The show includes some of van Gogh’s best known works, including the “Yellow House” where he lived in the southern French town of Arles. The exhibit moves to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jan. 17-April 4.

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