Virtual Reality Brought Van Gogh’s Masterpieces to Life and Broke the Musée d’Orsay’s Attendance Records
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Musée d'Orsay's Van Gogh Exhibition Breaks Historic Attendance Record Skip to main content By Francesca Aton Plus Icon Francesca Aton Associate Digital Editor, ARTnews and Art in America View All February 12, 2024 3:00pm Visitors taking pictures of van Gogh's The Self-Portrait in the exhibition "Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise, the Final Months" at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France, 2023. Photo Gao Jing/Xinhua via Getty Images The Musée d’Orsay marked a “historic record” for 793,556 visitors for its exhibition “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise.” The show attracted a daily average of 7,181 visitors over 108 days since its October 3 opening, according to a museum announcement. The show explores the last few month’s of van Gogh’s life in a small town near Paris before his death by suicide at 37 years old in 1890.