June 7, 2026

"Restoring Van Gogh’s Ear & Mending His Broken Heart."

Posted by Ann Althouse at 10:04 AM
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21 comments:

TosaGuy said...

The Van Gogh museum is Amsterdam is really well done. If you had to pick one museum and didn’t have lots of time to see that is the one.

6/7/26, 10:25 AM
hombre said...

Fun!

6/7/26, 10:30 AM
RCOCEAN II said...

Yes, very creative.

6/7/26, 10:40 AM
gspencer said...

A dead man needs to have an ear and a heart mended?

Lazarus maybe, but not Van Gogh.

6/7/26, 10:45 AM
tcrosse said...

In Arles you can visit the loony bin where Van Gogh was kept, but none of his paintings are there.

6/7/26, 10:53 AM
Aggie said...

Nicely done.

6/7/26, 10:54 AM
imTay said...

I was prepared not to like it, but it was actually pretty great.

6/7/26, 10:55 AM
Breezy said...

I dunno. Clever use of the craft, but I object to "fixing" Van Gogh. ya imma killjoy.

6/7/26, 10:57 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Creative concept. Overall, it's not just satisfying craft — it's psychological art therapy disguised as paper play. The artist turns historical pain into something warm and restorative.

6/7/26, 11:08 AM
Wince said...

The ASMR-level sound makes it even more sensually engrossing.

6/7/26, 11:08 AM
Bob Boyd said...

Looks great on the surface, but now he can't paint anymore. They killed his muse and he'll have to get a job as a waiter or something.

6/7/26, 11:34 AM
Temujin said...

That was excellent. Early running for the best thing I'll see all month. Also- you'll note that you're getting people who typically disagree vehemently, agreeing on liking this.
A nice change.

6/7/26, 11:35 AM
imTay said...

Apropos to cute videos, here is a party I wish I was at.

"Captain, the funk is reading off the scale."

6/7/26, 12:48 PM
William said...

Van Gogh was as much of a hot mess as Marilyn.

6/7/26, 1:55 PM
Narr said...

Meh.

6/7/26, 2:04 PM
Peachy said...

OK. That might be the best thing you've ever posted, Ann. thank you.

6/7/26, 2:36 PM
Rosalyn C. said...

I visited the Van Gogh Museum when I was in my early 20s. When I saw the amount of work he made, just how much there was, I burst out crying. I wasn’t expecting that reaction for sure.

6/7/26, 3:41 PM
KenG said...

Thanks. That was heart warming.

6/7/26, 4:48 PM
Tina Trent said...

Queer Eye for the Nutty Artist Guy.

6/7/26, 5:06 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...

I was noticing that my stache is getting bushier, not as big as Geraldo Rivera but on the way for sure. Then I realized that my barber stopped trimming it, the last couple visits. I told him I didn’t want the top trimmed, the top of my head where the hair is thinning. He stopped trimming the stache too. Maybe I hurt his feelings or something.

6/7/26, 5:55 PM
Narr said...

Not that I've got anything against Vincent "the world was never meant for one as beautiful as you" Van Gogh, of course. There's a reproduction print of one of his early works, that we bought at the museum in Amsterdam, hanging in our hall now.

6/7/26, 6:38 PM

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