At the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands, all 88 Van Gogh paintings in the collection are on view in Van Gogh, All Our Paintings, which runs until 3 January 2027.
The exhibition sets aside the familiar journey from Van Gogh’s early work in the Netherlands to the paintings he made in France. Instead, it places works from different years alongside one another to explore subjects he returned to throughout his career.
Lane of Poplars at Sunset, painted in Nuenen in 1884, appears alongside Pine Trees at Sunset, made in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in 1889. Five years and two very different places separate them. Seen together, the paintings show how Van Gogh revisited a subject while changing his approach to light, colour and composition.
The exhibition also explores the paintings through the themes of faith, hope and love. Rather than telling Van Gogh’s story in a straight line, it invites visitors to notice what persists across his work and what changes.
Bringing the full collection together reveals something about the museum, too. A collection is larger than what visitors usually see in its galleries: paintings may be in storage, under study or on loan, and their availability changes over time. Falling Leaves, a fragile landscape from 1888, returns to view after a long absence. It will later go to the museum’s conservation studio for further study.
The exhibition offers two ways to look again: at Van Gogh’s paintings through connections beyond chronology, and at how a museum shapes the story of its collection over time.
