Van Gogh's Cypresses at the Met: 40 Works Including Starry Night

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York presents Van Gogh's Cypresses, a major exhibition marking the 170th anniversary of the artist's birth. The show brings together 40 works, including iconic paintings such as The Starry Night (1889) and Wheat Field with Cypresses (1889), alongside drawings and illustrated letters never before exhibited. Organized chronologically and thematically across three galleries, the exhibition traces van Gogh's fascination with cypress trees after his move to Arles in 1888. Director Max Hollein stated that the collection offers both a panorama and an intimate look at the artist's creative process, challenging prevailing notions with new insights. Curator Susan Alyson Stein, Engelhard Curator of Nineteenth-Century Painting at the Met, emphasized van Gogh's ambition and determination in his repeated reconsideration of the cypress motif. The exhibition runs from May 22 to August 27, 2023.