An astrophysicist reads van Gogh's Starry Night | Janna Levin | MoMA BBC | THE WAY I SEE IT



In this episode of “The Way I See It,” Janna Levin brings her celestial expertise to Vincent van Gogh’s star-filled vision, in conversation with senior curator of Drawing and Prints Jodi Hauptman. Levin helps us see how certain features of the night sky, including “turbulent air,” the light from a star, and the planet Venus, are rendered visible by Van Gogh’s brush. She also points out that her approach is not so different from Van Gogh’s: “People who observe the world, whether they are artists or scientists, are always on the cusp of what they see and then what is internal.”

Listen to this full episode of “The Way I See It” on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009bf6

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