The Interview:

In Vincent’s Books: Van Gogh and the Writers Who Inspired Him (University of Chicago Press), Italian curator Mariella Guzzoni unpacks her year’s long research into the books that Vincent Van Gogh read throughout his life and how they influenced and inspired his painting and drawing, letters, and purpose in life.  

The Reading:
Guzonni reads from The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin)

Music: Composed by Igor Stravinsky

Performed by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra