Question:
Could someone please explain what this exhibit consists of?

Are these the VGs from the VG museum in Amsterdam? I heard some of thosewere traveling around, so to speak.

I spent a good half-day in the one it Amsterdam and will never forget it.

Answer: Yes these are *some* (about a third, if I remember right, or about 50 - 60 orso) of the Amsterdam VG museum's collection. Not all of the "biggies," butsome of them, such as: The Potato Eaters, The Bedroom at Arles, "That one withthe boats," (sorry, I can't remember the title) and last but not least,**Wheatfield with Crows**, which I gazed rapturously into for a good 15-20minutes before finally tearing myself away.

One self-portrait, no sunflowers (fine with me, never got too excited aboutthose). Plus many absolutely gorgeous ones I had never heard of, and didn'tremember from my visit to the Amsterdam museum (it was 30 years ago and I was10 years old). All phases of his career are represented.

The only reason they are being allowed to travel at all is because the Van Goghmuseum is undergoing renovations (the rest of the collection has moved acrossthe street to the Rijksmuseum), and the only stops in the U.S. were/are theNational Museum in D.C. and this one in L.A.

If you can't tell by now, I *highly* recommend it for anybody even halfwayinterested in Van Gogh. It's the only art exhibit I have ever seen thatproduced the kind of spiritual euphoria that great music can stir in me.