Filmed and directed by David Bickerstaff
Produced by Phil Grabsky

HD video | 16:9 | 90 min

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.

Curators speak passionately about how the exhibition focuses on Van Gogh's mastery of paint, his developing style and obsessive imagination formed by what he encountered in the south of France during his latter years. This is arguably Van Gogh's most productive and recognisable period and when his art really reflects on his passion for life and vibrant originality. The ambition of the exhibition's scale promises new ideas and fabulous works of art, rarely seen before in one space.

During his years in Arles and Saint-Remy, Van Gogh became consumed with telling stories in his art, turning the world around him into colourful, idealised spaces and symbolic characters. Poets and lovers filled his imagination and desires. In part, this is what caused his notorious breakdown, but it didn't hold back his creativity as he produced masterpiece after masterpiece, revolutionising his own style and, in turn, changing art forever.

Music by Simon Farmer
Written by David Bickerstaff and Phil Grabsky
Post-production - Storm Postproduction

Van Gogh played by Jamie de Courcey
Van Gogh voiced by Jochum ten Haaf

Featuring contributions by
Cornelia Homburg - Co-Curator
Christopher Riopelle - Co-Curator
Rachel Campbell-Johnston - Art Critic
Lachlan Goudie - Painter, Author and Broadcaster