The National Gallery exhibition ‘Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers’ (14 September to 19 January) covers the time van Gogh spent at Arles and at the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Less well-known is the time he spent in London, and the fact that he was an avid reader of the novels of Charles Dickens. In her talk, Griselda Pollock will explore the challenging idea that Van Gogh was, at heart, more of a Victorian than a modern artist. She is Professor emerita of Social and Critical Histories of Art at the University of Leeds. For her highly influential work as a feminist art historian and cultural theorist she was awarded the prestigious Holberg Prize in 2020 and the College Art Association Life-time Achievement Award for Writing on Art in 2023.

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