London's National Gallery is hosting a stunning Van Gogh exhibition, featuring his iconic Sunflowers painting, which has left the United States for the first time since 1935.
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00:00This is actually the first Van Gogh exhibition that takes place at the National Gallery in
00:24London, which is quite extraordinary.
00:26It is also a moment when there are extraordinary works of art that have never left its museum's
00:33walls.
00:34The Sunflowers from Philadelphia, the interior courtyard of the hospital in Arles is a work
00:40that has never been shown outside of its museum, and there are several others like that that
00:46make this exhibition quite extraordinary.
00:53The exhibition focuses exclusively on the time Van Gogh spent in the south of France,
00:59which was a moment in which he not only created his greatest works of art, but also for him
01:04a very, very essential time in which he intended to craft his oeuvre, to develop his identity
01:11as a modern artist, and also to create a position for him among the avant-garde that he knew
01:19from Paris.
01:26This is such an extraordinary, unique experience, both for the Gallery, but for the visitors
01:34as well.
01:35I mean, I've never before felt my heart beating as much as I have walking around these.
01:41I don't feel like I'm just looking at a Van Gogh painting, I feel as though I'm looking
01:45into Van Gogh's soul, and that at the same time he's looking back at me.
01:50It's quite amazing.