nytimes.com – Immersive van Gogh Experiences Bloom Like Sunflowers

For all those Vincent van Gogh fans who once stood cheek-by-jowl at the Museum of Modern Art to get a selfie in front of “The Starry Night,” there are, suddenly, increasing opportunities to just about bathe in the painting.

Immersive experiences that turn the walls and floors of an exhibition space into a kind of van Gogh dream world have popped up in Chicago and St. Petersburg, Fla.

More are coming to Atlanta, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia and Charlotte, N.C.

Full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/arts/design/van-gogh-immersive-experiences.html?auth=login-email&login=email

iheart.com – Wells Cast Podcast with Daughtry ft. Gigs Live

You may know Daughtry from American Idol or his extensive music career, but Wells is here to reveal some stories you’ve NEVER heard before!

Find out how car maintenance helped fuel his music journey and discover how he transformed a loss on American Idol into one of the most successful artists to appear on the show!

Full podcast here: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-wellscast-30297131/episode/daughtry-79297247/

newsday.com – Our Top Picks for What to Do in NYC this Weekend: “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience”

After making sold-out stops in major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Toronto: “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” is on it’s way to New York City. The expo consists of more than a half-million of cubic feet of projections that mash up the art and the life of quintessential artist Vincent Van Gogh.

Full article here: https://www.newsday.com/travel/new-york-city-manhattan-brooklyn-queens-bronx-astoria-things-to-do-bars-nightlife-museums-1.50150156

arizonadailypress.com – A Huge Van Gogh Art Event Is Coming To Phoenix: Here’s Something To Know

A new exhibition is coming to Phoenix and putting you in the middle of a masterpiece by Vincent Van Gogh.

“Immersive Van Gogh” is an art installation that features massive moving projections of the famous painter’s works, including “Starry Night”, “Sunflowers”, “The Bedroom” and “The Potato Eaters”.

“Hundreds of thousands of guests have seen ‘Immersive Van Gogh’ in small, socially distant, safe groups. It’s an honor to bring the arts back into people’s lives during these times,” producer Corey Ross said in a press release.

Full article here: https://arizonadailypress.com/a-huge-van-gogh-art-event-is-coming-to-phoenix-heres-something-to-know/

newsbrig.com – NYC’s dueling Van Gogh exhibits: Here’s the original

One ear, two exhibits. Vincent van Gogh fans are lost in the starry internet night of ticket sellers as two competing exhibits about the famed Dutch painter head to NYC.

There’s the large-scale animated projection exhibit “Immersive Van Gogh” and then there’s “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.” And the Better Business Bureau is warning New Yorkers that one of them is not like the other.

Their names and promotion material are confusingly similar, but those who’ve delved into the differences between the dueling experiences say there’s a huge difference. “Immersive Van Gogh” offers an impressive homage to the late artist created by Italian immersive-exhibition pioneer Massimiliano Siccardi and involving more than “500,000 cubic feet of projections.” It has gotten rave reviews during its multi-city run (“a cathartic and liberating experience,” wrote the Toronto Sun) and sold out in Toronto and Chicago, according to its website. It was even featured in Netflix’s “Emily in Paris.”

Full article here: https://newsbrig.com/nycs-dueling-van-gogh-exhibits-heres-the-original/253701/

nypost.com – Inside NYC’s dueling Van Gogh exhibits: Here’s which one’s the original

One ear, two exhibits. Vincent van Gogh fans are lost in the starry internet night of ticket sellers as two competing exhibits about the famed Dutch painter head to NYC.

There’s the large-scale animated projection exhibit “Immersive Van Gogh” and then there’s “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.” And the Better Business Bureau is warning New Yorkers that one of them is not like the other.

Image Credit: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Full article here: https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/nycs-dueling-van-gogh-exhibits-heres-the-original/