Vincent van Gogh Exhibitions

The works of Vincent van Gogh were not highly sought after in his time, but today there are Van Gogh exhibitions around the world showcasing his masterpieces. Here you will find details about a number of current exhibits with Van Gogh works, exhibitions of the past, and exhibitions in which Van Gogh participated during his life. If you know of other Van Gogh exhibits, please contact us so we can include them.

Current Exhibitions

Van Gogh, Dali & Beyond
June 22 – December 2, 2013
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States

Van Gogh’s Drawings: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum
March 15 – 24, 2013
Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre (MECC), Maastricht, Netherlands


Vincent is Back Part I: Native Soil
November 24, 2012 – April 1, 2013
The Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Van Gogh in Paris: A Dialogue with Modernism
November 7, 2012 - March 24, 2013
Hangaram Design Museum; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

Dreaming of Japan
October 3, 2012 – March 17, 2013
Pinacothèque de Paris, Paris, France

Mantegna to Matisse: Master Drawings from The Courtauld Gallery
October 2, 2012 - January 27, 2013
The Frick Collection, New York, United States

Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier)
October 30, 2012 - January 20, 2013
The Frick Collection, New York, United States

Becoming Van Gogh
October 21, 2012 – January 20, 2013
Denver Art Museum, United States

Van Gogh's Self-Portrait
December 7, 2012 – March 4, 2013
Norton Simon Museum, United States

Exhibitions of the Past

Gauguin – Van Gogh, Painters of Color
March 30, 2012 – January 6, 2013
The Carrières, Les Baux-de-Provence, France

Impressionism: Influences & Impact
November 16, 2012 – January 4, 2013
M.S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, United States

Van Gogh to Kandinsky – Symbolist Landscape in Europe 1880-1910
July 14 – October 14, 2012
National Galleries of Scotland, United Kingdom

Impressionism: Sensation and Inspiration: Masterpieces from the State Hermitage Museum
September 29, 2012
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Van Gogh Alive
October 2012
Modern Sanatlar, Ankara, Turkey

Van Gogh Up Close
May 25 – September 3, 2012
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Beauty in Abundance
February 2 – September 15, 2012
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Van Gogh’s Studio Practice: Canvases Re-used
June 10, 2011 – September 23, 2012
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musee d’Orsay
September 25, 2010 – January 18, 2011
De Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, United States

Van Gogh: The Adventure of Becoming an Artist
October 1 – December 20, 2010
The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters
January 23 – April 18, 2010
Royal Academy of Arts, London, England

Van Gogh’s Letters
October 9, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night
September 21, 2008 – January 5, 2009
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States

Van Gogh to Mondrian: Modern Art from the Kröller-Müller Museum
May 29 – September 12, 2004
Seattle Art Museum, Washington, United States

Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South
September 22, 2001 – January 13, 2002
The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, United States

Van Gogh’s Van Goghs
October 4, 1998 – January 3, 1999
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., United States

Van Gogh in St.-Remy and Auvers
1987
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States

Van Gogh in Arles
1984
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States

Van Gogh’s Participation in Exhibitions

Les XX
January 18 – February 23, 1890
Brussels
Participation in Les XX was by invitation only unless you were a member. Van Gogh’s invitation was dated November 15, 1889 from Octave Maus. Van Gogh displayed Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers, Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, Ivy also known as A Corner in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital), Flowering Orchard (Arles), Wheat Field, Sunrise (Saint-Remy), and Red Vineyard (Mont-Majour). Van Gogh’s participation in the exhibition caused a bit of a stir when Henry de Groux announced that he did not want to display his works with Van Gogh’s. De Groux was expelled from the Les XX association, though he later apologized and was allowed to resign. The Les XX exhibition is where Van Gogh sold his only painting during his lifetime, The Red Vineyard was purchased by Anna Boch for 400 francs.

Société des Artistes Indépendants (Society of Independent Artists)
March 20 – April 27, 1890
Paris, France
The Society of Independent Artists was founded to sponsor regular exhibitions of contemporary art with no juries and no prizes. Van Gogh participated in their 6th annual event and displayed The Cypress, Mountain landscape in Provence, Street in Saint-Rémy, The Alpilles, Promenade in Arles, Mulberry Tree in Autumn, Underwoods, Sunrise in Provence, The Sunflowers, and Olive Orchard in Provence.

Van Gogh Memorial Exhibitions

Exposition d'Oeuvres de Vincent van Gogh
March 15 – 31, 1901
Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Paris, France

Exposition de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, 21e exposition: Exposition rétrospective Vincent van Gogh
March 24 – April 30, 1905
Grandes Serres de l’Alma, Paris, France

Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh
July 15 – August 1, 1905
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sonderbund Exhibition
1912
Cologne, Germany

Armory Show
February 17 – March 15, 1913
69th Regiment Armory, New York, United States
This show introduced New Yorkers to Modern Art and displayed some 1,300 paintings, sculptures, and decorative works by over 300 artists.

L’art contemporain. Salon 1914 / Kunst van Heden, Tentoonstelling 1914
March 7, 1914 – April 5, 1914
Zaal Comité voor Artistieke Werking, Antwerp, Belgium

Vincent van Gogh 30 März 1853-29 July 1890. Zehnte Ausstellung
June 1 – July 5, 1914
Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Germany

Sheaves of Wheat in A Field Geranium in a Flowerpot Portrait of Old Man with Beard Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon Self Portrait with Dark Felt Hat
Sheaves of Wheat in A Field Geranium in a Flowerpot Portrait of Old Man with Beard Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon Self Portrait with Dark Felt Hat
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