Van Gogh exhibit viewable from cars

You can use a car to safely pick up groceries, order coffee or watch a movie during the COVID-19 pandemic, so why not use one to experience art? The exhibit “Immersive van Gogh,” which had to postpone its May1 opening in Toronto due to physical distancing requirements, is offering “drive-in” viewing in June. It’s being called the “world’s first drive-in digital art exhibition.” Between June 18 and 28, “Gogh by Car” will allow 14 vehicles at a time to park in the Toronto Star building that once held the newspaper’s printing presses for a 35-minute art, light and sound show about Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. “It’s massive,” said Corey Ross, a co-producer of Lighthouse Immersive, which is bringing the show to Toronto. “Whether you’re in your car or on foot, you get to see something on a scale that you’ve never seen this art.”

The exhibit will feature artworks by van Gogh projected on the walls, ceilings and floors of the 600,000-cubic-foot industrial space at 1Yonge St. The hope is that physically distanced walkthroughs of the show can begin in July and continue until the end of September. Those who buy tickets to “Gogh by Car” also get tickets to the walk-through exhibit. See vangoghexhibit.ca for information.