"While museums remain free for the most part in Europe and still so popular that they are loved better than luxury brands (according to this one article), funding is not what it used to be. As you might have seen with our posts on Hieronymus Bosch on (Dr. Marten’s) Boots, wearable classic art is kind of a thing now. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam announced a series of limited-edition Vans (Van Gogh, Vans shoes, get it?!) featuring patterns based on his paintings: 'Skull' (1887), 'Almond Blossom' (1890), 'Sunflowers' (1889) and van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait as a Painter' (1887-1888). There’s even a shoe that uses writing from one of his letters, including stamp and address, as a pattern. ..."
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