Artnet

Van Gogh’s Love of Cypress Trees, Symbols of Eternity and Life Cycles, Will Be the Focus of a Major Show at the Met Next Year

In what's sure to be a blockbuster exhibition, "Starry Night" and "Wheat Field With Cypresses" will be shown together for the first time since 1901. A composite image of Vincent van Gogh's A ...
The New York Times

Van Gogh and the Consolation of Trees

A revelatory show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art reunites 24 paintings of cypresses and unchains them from their somber associations. 1889 was a very good year for van Goghs: The artist produced ...
Observer

The Met’s Search for Meaning in Van Gogh’s Cypresses

“I need a starry night with cypresses,” Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo, an art dealer, in April of 1888—the same year he painted Orchard (in Blossom) Bordered by Cypresses. Two years later ...
Hypebeast

The Met Dedicates An Entire Exhibition to Van Gogh's Cypress Trees

Experience a groundbreaking exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art that brings Vincent Van Gogh‘s iconic trees to the forefront. Titled “Van Gogh’s Cypresses,” the exhibition shines a spotlight ...
The New York Times

The Met Takes a Deep Dive Into van Gogh’s Cypress Trees

Forty landmark paintings and drawings by the Dutch master include “The Starry Night” — on loan from MoMA — and “Wheat Field With Cypresses.” By Robin Pogrebin Vincent van Gogh may be best known for ...