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It’s a well-designed space aesthetically, but it’s also very tempting to walk between the display boards, which have covered electrical cords running between them. The quotes amount to greeting-card sentiments, the man’s letters reduced to inspirational phrasing.Īudiences are meant to snake along a path between the bright displays and artfully placed empty frames, hanging from the ceiling. But the room is on more of a pump-up mission than one to actually explore the artist as a person. Without those letters we wouldn’t know much about van Gogh’s interior life.

These are essentially giant, glowing text placards and most of the information they contain mixes the exhibit’s own aspirations with quotes from letters van Gogh wrote to his younger brother, Theo.

Upon entering, visitors will find themselves in an Information Hall: a darkened room with illuminated stations, presenting a light biographical outline of van Gogh’s career. Presented in dark, curtained corridors within an Oregon Convention Center hall, the show is broken up into three parts, building up to the final Experience Room where people will want to spend the most time and take the most selfies. There's nothing like the magic of an original painting or artifact, but there's something phenomenal about being able to be part of that world of the artwork and the paintings.'īrian Blueskye covers arts and entertainment for the Desert Sun.The exhibit debuted in Miami in the spring of this year and has slowly been winding its way through most larger cities. 'It's not going anywhere and I think it's now part of the way we experience different things, but it's not going to replace a museum. 'There's this technology we're getting used to and it's growing,' Curtat said. You can identify a Van Gogh just because he's so unique and there's a specific attraction to him.'Ĭurtat said Paquin Entertainment Group also has a show based on the works of French painter Claude Monet and Tutankhamun. He's easily recognizable even to someone who isn't an art historian that's not too familiar with art history. 'He's undeniably one of the most famous artists around the globe. 'I think it also speaks to (Van Gogh's) power,' Curtat said. The fifth episode of the first season featured a scene in a Paris 'Van Gogh' immersion show. “'This is incredible,' says Emily (Lily Collins) as she plays third wheel on a date to the exhibit, which takes her through a cathedral-sized 'Starry Night.'įanny Curtat, an art historian for the exhibition, said the technology, which has been available for over a decade, and the pandemic have given immersive art shows a boost in recent years.

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Some have credited the recent Netflix series 'Emily in Paris' - popular viewing through the lockdown months - for priming the Van Gogh pump. Immersive art exhibits - in particular, immersive Van Gogh exhibits - have been a growing trend, in Europe and America, since the early 2000s. The production takes up 30,000 square feet and has four trillion content pixels. It was created by French-Canadian Creative Director Mathieu St-Arnaud of the Montreal-based Normal Studio.Īccording to Artnet, the exhibit is one of five in a battle to 'dominate the field.' Others include 'Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive Exhibition,' 'Immersive Van Gogh,' 'Van Gogh Alive' and 'Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.' Many of these productions are known to sell out before they open. 'Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience' is produced by Paquin Entertainment Group and features projections of 300 artworks by Van Gogh, including 'The Starry Night,' 'Sunflowers' and 'Café Terrace at Night.'

Admission starts at $39.99 for adults and $23.99 for children (ages 5-15). 27 at The Forum Tent at Empire Polo Club in Indio. Tickets go on sale at 6 a.m. The highly anticipated exhibition runs Sept. 'Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience' is finally coming to the Coachella Valley. Attention art lovers, the wait is finally over.

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