A pictorial tour of ‘Immersive Van Gogh’, an exhibition that celebrates the Dutch painter

A massive, immersive exhibition celebrating artist Vincent van Gogh has leaned on some Broadway talent for a little razzle-dazzle during its visit to New York City. (Text and picture: AP)

Producers of “Immersive Van Gogh” have tapped Tony- and Emmy Award-winning set designer David Korins for creative help after they secured a jaw-dropping 70,000-square-foot venue for their exhibit in lower Manhattan, easily the biggest space the exhibit has landed. (Text and picture: AP)

“They wanted something bigger, fancier, deeper,” said Korins, who has designed sets for “Hamilton” and “Dear Evan Hansen” and is a lifelong fan of Van Gogh. “I wanted to really try and find a way to help people in 2021 see him more as a human.” Korins has added to the galleries several large mirrored sculptures — some curved, some straight — that reflect and refract the digital images. (Source AP)

Korins has added a ceiling installation that uses almost 8,000 paint brushes to thrillingly reproduce “The Starry Night,” a station that uses artificial intelligence to give visitors an individualised letter from Van Gogh, a chance to co-create a work with him on their phones, and booths that explore the artist’s synesthesia. (Text and picture: AP)

Producers of “Immersive Van Gogh” in New York had so much space — the location on Pier 36 was once home to 25 basketball courts — that they’ve designed three galleries, each larger than the next, which viewers can wander about or sit on benches and watch Van Gogh’s work float by. (Text and photo: AP)

Korins hopes visitors can come away with more knowledge about Van Gogh than just that he was the artist who cut off his own ear and painted “The Starry Night.” (Text and photo: AP)

The show’s arrival in New York comes as the city emerges from a lockdown that shut down cultural events and art crowds. (Text and photo: AP)

All visitors must wear masks and social distancing cues are sprinkled throughout the exhibit. Korins made sure nothing needed to be touched, perhaps except for visitors’ cellphones. (Text and photo: AP)