Events

Musicians: Evgeny Brakhman, pianist | Saida Bar-Lev, violin | Hadar Cohen, violin | Amir Van der Hal, viola | Gal Nyska, cello

Mendelssohn: String Quartet no. 5 in E-flat major, op. 44 no. 3

Viktor Ullmann: String Quartet no. 3

Dvořák: Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, op. 81
 

“I’m taking my guitar and my looper and coming to you.
This performance also included a dear and meaning guest, the wonderful Maya BeIsitzman, with whom I have shared and also created musical and artistic encounters.
I invite you to be here and now, with all the beauty, pain, and the joy this time brings.”

 

200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is held the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood.

This film is a chance to reexamine and better understand this iconic artist. Focusing on his unique creative process, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France, where he revolutionised his style. Van Gogh became consumed with a passion for storytelling in his art, turning the world around him into vibrant, idealised spaces and symbolic characters.

Poets and lovers filled his imagination; everything he did in the south of France served this new obsession. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn’t hold back his creativity as he created masterpiece after masterpiece. Explore one of art history’s most pivotal periods in this once-in-a-century show. The film was made in close collaboration with the National Gallery.

Director: David Bickerstaff. UK 2024 | 92 minutes | English | Hebrew subtitles