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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Corder

A new exhibition highlights how German artist Anselm Kiefer was inspired by Vincent van Gogh

Netherlands Kiefer Exhibition - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

When he was just 17 years old, German artist Anselm Kiefer retraced the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh from the Netherlands through Belgium and into France.

Now, more than half a century later, the museum named for the Dutch master is joining forces for the first time with the neighboring Stedelijk modern and contemporary art museum in Amsterdam to stage a blockbuster exhibition of Kiefer's work, titled “Sag mir wo die Blumen sind,” a reference to folk singer Pete Seeger's iconic pacifist anthem “Where have all the flowers gone?”

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