News archive 2009
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28 september 2009: Van Gogh Museum launches iPhone application on 6 October
The Van Gogh Museum is the first museum on the European Continent to have developed, in collaboration with Antenna Audio, an iPhone application. The application Yours, Vincent was developed to accompany the exhibition Van Gogh’s letters: The artist speaks.
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28 July 2009: Van Gogh Museum now on ArtBabble
The Van Gogh Museum is one of the partners on ArtBabble, an on-line community launched by the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA).
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16 july 2009: Van Gogh Museum launches 'Ronald de Leeuw Research Grant'
As a farewell to Ronald de Leeuw as general director of the Rijksmuseum in 2008,
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29 June 2009: Van Gogh Museum launches first DVD about Vincent van Gogh
The Van Gogh Museum is proud to present the DVD Vincent van Gogh: A Life Devoted to Art. For the first time in the history of the Van Gogh Museum the museum has made a two-hour documentary on the life and work of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). The DVD paints a never previously shown portrait of the artist.
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26 May 2009: Van Gogh Museum acquires painting by Pierre Bonnard
The Van Gogh Museum recently enriched its collection with the painting Montmartre in the rain by Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947). The work forms a valuable addition to the Van Gogh Museum's extensive collection of Nabis prints.
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3 April 2009: The Van Gogh Museum bids a festive welcome to the 200,000th visitor for Van Gogh and the colours of the night
Today director Axel Rüger was able to welcome the 200,000th visitor to the exhibition Van Gogh and the colours of the night.