Van Gogh Museum in Fight With Dutch State That Threatens Its Future

Supported by

Its director says that the Amsterdam museum could close unless the culture ministry increases funding to pay for a refurbishment.

By Roger Cohen

Roger Cohen, The Times’s Paris bureau chief, reported this article from Paris and Amsterdam.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, home to the largest collection of works by one of the world’s most loved artists, is embroiled in a bitter feud over financing with the Dutch Ministry of Culture that could lead to its closure if left unresolved much longer.