Buy tickets early for the National Gallery London Van Gogh 2024 Poets and Lovers exhibition to reserve time-slot skip-the-line admissions.
The Van Gogh Poets and Lovers exhibition in the National Gallery in London from mid-September 2024 to mid-January 2025 aims to be a once-in-a-century event. Painting and drawings by Van Gogh owned by museums, galleries, and privately will travel from all over the world to London for this blockbuster exhibition. The focus of Poets and Lovers is the two years Vincent van Gogh spent in Arles and Saint Rémy in the South of France. Buying tickets online in advance with time-slot reservations is essential — book early, the show is likely to sell out. Many guided tours and activities are also available for the National Gallery.
Van Gogh Poets and Lovers in the National Gallery London 2024
In 2024, the National Gallery in London is staging its first-ever Van Gogh exhibition. For the Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition paintings and drawings from museums, galleries, and private collections from all over the world will be on display in London.
The exhibition focuses on the decisive two years that Vincent van Gogh spent in the south of France (1888-90). During this period in Arles and Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh revolutionized his style in a symphony of poetic color and texture. He was inspired by poets, writers, and artists. His desire to tell stories produced a landscape of poetic imagination and romantic love on an ambitious scale.
Some famous Van Gogh paintings from this period that will be on display in London in 2024 include among others ‘Starry Night over the Rhône’ (1888, Musée d’Orsay) and ‘The Yellow House’ (1888, Van Gogh Museum), as well as the National Gallery’s ‘Sunflowers’ (1888) and ‘Van Gogh’s Chair’ (1889).
When is the Van Gogh 2024 Exhibition in London?
The Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers exhibition in the National Gallery in London is open to the general public from 14 September 2024 to 19 January 2025.
The National Gallery in London is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00, closing at 21:00 on Fridays. The gallery is closed on 24-26 December 2024 and 1 January 2025.
The exhibition is the highlight of the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery. It also marks the centenary of the gallery’s acquisition of its most famous Vincent van Gogh painting: ‘Sunflowers’ (1888).
Tickets for the Van Gogh Exhibition in the National Gallery London 2024
Admission to the permanent collection of the National Gallery is free but not for special exhibitions, which are often quite pricy.
Tickets for the Van Gogh exhibition in the National Gallery in London are likely to go on sale from around June 2024 and may well sell out fast. Time-slot reservations are essential and early bookings are highly advisable. Expect ticket prices to start from around £20.
Tickets are not essential to see the permanent exhibitions of the National Gallery but it is possible, and highly sensible, to make advance time-slot reservations. General admission queues are often very long — not only in the high season. Skip-the-line tickets for the regular permanent exhibition could be made for free at the National Gallery website — the free option is somewhat hidden below several suggested donation options.
Paintings in the Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers Exhibition
The National Gallery describes Poets and Lovers as a once-in-a-century exhibition and promises to show many paintings from museums and private collections from all over the world. Many of these Van Gogh works are rarely seen in public.
The full list of paintings and drawings has not been confirmed yet but the following are some of the top works that will be on display in the National Gallery in London from September 2024 to January 2025:
- Van Gogh’s Chair (1888) — The National Gallery, London
- Sunflowers (1888) — The National Gallery, London
- The Yellow House (1888, Van Gogh Museum)
- Starry Night over the Rhône (1888) —Musée d’Orsay, Paris
- Landscape near the Abbey of Montmajour (1888) — Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Olive Grove (1889) — Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden
- The Bedroom (1889) —The Art Institute of Chicago
- Oleanders (1888) — Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Olive trees with the Alpilles in the Background (1889) — Museum of Modern Art, New York
- Self-Portrait (1889) — National Gallery of Art, Washington
The largest collection of Van Gogh paintings is owned and displayed in the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, where the permanent collection is enhanced by frequently changing temporary exhibitions.
