Artdaily_ 200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery has opened the UK's "once-in-a-century” Van Gogh exhibition, taking the world by storm and rewriting the narrative of this beloved artist.

Exhibition on Screen brings this stunning exhibition to the big screen, along with a deep dive into Van Gogh’s fascinating life and incredible skill. Focusing on his driving passions and unique creative process, the feature film Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers explores the artist’s years in the south of France where he revolutionised his style and changed art forever.

The exhibition and Exhibition on Screen’s accompanying film are a celebration of Vincent van Gogh’s life and work, exploring his engagement with poetry and love, his diligent research, his groundbreaking use of colour and his revolutionary style. Discover why he went to the South of France and how it changed everything for him. Appreciate the artist beyond his mental health issues and understand the intelligence and sheer passion that drove his incredible career.

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers is in cinemas nationwide from 6th November 2024.

David Bickerstaff is an artist, actor, director, editor and writer. He has produced many films for Exhibition on Screen, including other features on Van Gogh, as well as Degas, Canaletto and many others. He also runs ATOMICTV, an organisation showcasing of many of his media projects

Phil Grabsky is a BAFTA-winning British documentary filmmaker who has received multiple awards for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography. He and his company Seventh Art Productions are behind cinema films such as Muhammad Ali - Through the Eyes of the World, In Search of Beethoven, In Search of Mozart and the landmark My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan, which won more than a dozen awards including Best Single Documentary at the 2022 Television BAFTAs and was also BAFTA nominated for its cinematography. He has made over 250 films which have played in cinemas and on TV and digital platforms worldwide.

In 2009, Phil and his colleagues began work on a new arts genre for the cinema: Exhibition on Screen. This brings major art exhibitions – and the intimate biographies of the artists – to cinema, mainstream television and home entertainment platforms worldwide. The Guardian newspaper said of Exhibition on Screen: ‘Just occasionally something will crop up that restores your faith in humanity’s future. Exhibition on Screen is a global phenomenon’. Exhibition on Screen now plays in 1500 cinemas and 60+ countries worldwide and has produced 36 films on artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Hockney, Frida Kahlo, Raphael and many more. The early 2023 release of VERMEER – THE GREATEST EXHIBITION was an extraordinary success and is the most successful documentary film on an artist ever released in the UK (and worldwide) and in the top 20 of any genre of documentary ever released in the UK.