Van Gogh pops up at the mall
"The so-called 'Van Gogh Museum Editions' are premium quality, three dimensional replica's of Van Gogh's masterpieces." More than 120 years after his death from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the stomach, the mystique of Vincent Van Gogh remains as powerful as ever. The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently placed all 16 of its Van Gogh paintings on display together for the first time and a pop-up exhibit displaying replicas of his paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has embarked upon a tour of America – at shopping malls. The first stop is the King of Prussia Mall outside of Philadelphia through October 14th..." [ read more on Forbes ]. What would happen if it suddenly became possible to make perfect copies of paintings of the past? To begin with, the purpose of art museums would change dramatically. It is by going to museums, after all, that most of us discover how different it is to stand in front of a great painting instead of seein