In Search of Van Gogh
The Road to Tarascon
The Mystery of Missing Masterpiece
Inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s lost painting, The Painter on the Road to Tarascon, which vanished during World War II, this exhibition presents a collection of short films, movie posters, and paintings used in or inspired by the theme of Studio Bronski’s movie “The Road to Tarascon.” The films delve into Van Gogh’s symbolic journey to Tarascon and, more broadly, humanity’s timeless migration across the globe.
Learn more about how Van Gogh’s missing masterpiece inspired these artworks through this blog post.
In the annals of art history, few tales are as poignant and shrouded in mystery as the fate of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Painter on the Road to Tarascon” (1888). This masterpiece, emblematic of Van Gogh’s intense exploration of self and landscape, met an uncertain fate during the turmoil of the Second World War. Read more here…
According to Boronski, “The Route to Tarascon”, inspired by Van Gogh’s painting “The Painter on the Road to Tarascon”, is about embracing one’s fate, or “amor fati”, on a path through a world where history repeats itself through migration, war, and advancing technology. In this context, humans are sometimes driven by the past, then by the present, or influenced by hope or fear for a future that ultimately transforms humans into digital beings. The film highlights the experiences of migrants through the years, telling their own stories of displacement, adaptation, and survival across different eras. Central to the narrative is Vincent van Gogh, who symbolically pursues his own fate 
through a landscape marked by repeating history. These individual stories reflect the universal themes of struggle, hope, and transformation, embedded in the perpetual cycles of war, migration, and technological advancement.