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VAN GOGH: POETS & LOVERS

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery hosted the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition (14 September 2024 – 19 January 2025). The exhibition was a huge success, universally praised by the press and tickets quickly sold out, making this film the only way to see what Forbes called “a once-in-a-lifetime exhibition”.

Explore the passion which drove one of the world’s favourite artists to change art forever. Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers rewrites the narrative and celebrates Van Gogh’s genius without exploiting his suffering, enabling its audience to truly understand this iconic artist in a brand new way…

Made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.

This film uses Van Gogh’s revealing letters to better understand this iconic figure.

The most exciting and dramatic period of Van Gogh’s life explored on the big screen.

Directed by David Bickerstaff

Running time: 90 minutes
Subtitle options available on DVD and Streaming only: English, French, German, Spanish

READ: Times Weekend Review: Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers on screen
Laura Freeman
“A critic must stand by her hyperbole and I would not dock a single one of the five stars I gave the sold-out Van Gogh show at the National Gallery. But like all exhibitions, it is rather hard on the back and the feet, and the new no-liquids rule means that there is little opportunity for refreshment. Wouldn’t it be nice to experience such a stellar show from the comfort of a plush upholstered chair, perhaps with a salty snack and a glass of something cool and clinking? Ready the popcorn — or possibly the sunflower seeds — for the film version by Exhibition on Screen. Every brushstroke and ridge of impasto is reproduced with extraordinary fidelity. There are no crowds, no queues, no takers of selfies. This is an excellent, insightful, immaculately filmed documentary”.
In cinemas

READ: Guardian Review “A blockbuster portrait of a thoughtful master”

READ: Times Review: “Nothing quite captures the thrill of being at the sold-out National Gallery show, but Exhibition on Screen’s excellent documentary comes pretty damn close”

LISTEN: Phil Grabsky talks to Danny Pike about the film on BBC Radio Sussex (5 mins)

Due to territory restrictions, this film is currently unavailable in the following countries:
Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, N Korea, S Korea, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay

Not available in Russia or Belarus.