Dutch Museum Exhibits All 88 Van Gogh Paintings Together for First Time in Over 20 Years

The Kröller-Müller Museum has opened an exhibition titled Van Gogh, All Our Paintings, presenting all 88 of its Van Gogh paintings until 3 January 2027. This is the first time in over twenty years that the museum has displayed its entire Van Gogh collection at once. Rather than arranging the works chronologically, the exhibition groups paintings with similar motifs, encouraging visitors to observe connections across Van Gogh’s ten-year career from 1881 to 1890.

At the entrance, visitors see paired works such as Lane of Poplars at Sunset (October 1884) and Pine Trees at Sunset (December 1889), both depicting rows of trees under setting suns. The exhibition is divided into three sections, inspired by the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and love. This concept was adapted by curator Renske Cohen Tervaert, who drew on Van Gogh’s only known sermon delivered in 1876, and replaced the traditional virtue of charity with love.

Among the 88 works are several notable paintings: a large study for The Potato Eaters (April–May 1885), Four Sunflowers Gone to Seed (August–October 1887), Pink Peach Trees (March 1888), Terrace of a Café at Night (September 1888), and Country Road in Provence by Night (May 1890). The exhibition also features Falling Leaves (Les Alyscamps) (November 1888), a rarely seen landscape that has not been displayed for more than 20 years due to its fragility. This painting was created shortly after Paul Gauguin arrived to work alongside Van Gogh, and it symbolically depicts autumn leaves as scattered light marks.

Other personal works on display include Still Life with a Plate of Onions (January 1889), completed three weeks after Van Gogh mutilated his ear. The centerpiece of the exhibition is Bridge at Arles (Pont de Langlois) (March 1888). After the exhibition closes, some paintings, including Falling Leaves, will be sent for conservation treatment.

The museum will be partially closed from September 2027 until around 2030 for a €125 million building project. After reopening, the director plans to organise special Van Gogh exhibitions with loans from other collections, continuing to highlight the artist’s legacy.

This exhibition offers visitors a rare opportunity to experience the full range of Van Gogh’s work in one place, providing insight into the evolution and thematic diversity of his art over a decade.