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Museum Confidential

Van Gogh in America

Published January 13, 2023 at 12:09 PM CST
Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 9.
Photo by Lee DeVito.
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Image via the Detroit Metro Times.
Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 9.

Museum Confidential: Season 7, Episode 9.

A century ago, the Detroit Institute of Arts became the first U.S. museum to purchase a painting by Vincent van Gogh. Now they're hosting America's largest Van Gogh exhibition in a generation; the show closes later this month. On this episode of MC, we chat with DIA curator Jill Shaw about this massive, complicated, super-popular undertaking.

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