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It’s a painting of a man, who, by his sunken eyes and closed eyelids, seems to be a blind man playing a guitar. You’re looking at Pablo Picasso’s ‘Old Guitarist’, from late 1903-’04. and Frances Comer Curator, International Modern Art. Gives it another sense of excitement that we just don’t think about in art of that period. He knows he will never, ever have that kind of home of his own …it’s a bedroom that has furnishings as you might imagine in any bedroom, but the way it is painted makes it alive. He painted this work after he’d had a mental breakdown, left the house, and had been hospitalized for mental illness. That unease likely relates to Van Gogh’s state of mind at the time.

There’s a kind of…I wouldn’t say creepiness, but definitely unease, unsettledness about it. The extreme radicalness of splayed-out floorboards. The way the paint is laid on, the brokenness of it. He makes it look so interesting and inviting, and at the same time, [rather discomforting. Van Gogh, in fact, considered this painting one of his very best. You’ll probably find the interior the ugliest, an empty bedroom with a wooden bed and two chairs-yet I’ve painted it twice on a large scale. In a letter to his brother Theo, he wrote: The room itself is simple, almost austere. There he’d dreamt of establishing an artists’ collective-a “Studio of the South.” Initially he’d filled with great optimism about the endeavor and the idea of finally finding a place to call home. This was Vincent Van Gogh’s bedroom in his house in Arles, where he lived in the late 1880s. I mean, Van Gogh is painting his bedroom with his paintings in it, and the furniture that he purchased. I think one of the reasons that people are so drawn to this is because of the subject matter. Gloria Groom, David and Mary Winton Green Curator and Chair of European Painting and Sculpture. Listen to selected collection highlights: In the Modern Wing, hear about 20th-century and contemporary works-in some cases, from the voices of the artists themselves. Collection highlights include art from China, Japan, Korea, India, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, ancient Egypt and the Near East, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and Europe (Renaissance to Modern). Listen to informative commentary on works representing 5,000 years of artistic achievement. Guides include any available special exhibition tours.The commentary is presented in a conversational tone appealing to all listeners.Audio guides are available in English, French, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean.Visitors can begin with any artwork marked with the audio guide icon and go through the galleries in any order they prefer. Our audio guides offer you complete flexibility when you’re touring the galleries. Just remember to bring your headphones so you can listen without disturbing other visitors in the galleries.

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