Editing Vincent van Gogh (section)

===Van Gogh Museum===
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[[File:Weesp and Amsterdam (Netherland, June 2020) - 7 (50550627911).jpg|thumb|The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam]]

Van Gogh's nephew and namesake, [[Vincent Willem van Gogh (art collector)|Vincent Willem van Gogh]] (1890–1978),{{sfnp| Rewald|1986|loc= 253}} inherited the estate after his mother's death in 1925. During the early 1950s he arranged for the publication of a complete edition of the letters presented in four volumes and several languages. He then began negotiations with the Dutch government to subsidise a foundation to purchase and house the entire collection.{{sfnp| Rewald|1986|loc= 252}} Theo's son participated in planning the project in the hope that the works would be exhibited under the best possible conditions. The project began in 1963; architect [[Gerrit Rietveld]] was commissioned to design it, and after his death in 1964 [[Kisho Kurokawa]] took charge.<ref name=nga>{{citation |url=http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vgmsm.shtm |title=Van Gogh's Van Goghs: The Van Gogh Museum |publisher=National Gallery of Art |access-date=23 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529195527/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vgmsm.shtm |archive-date=29 May 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> Work progressed throughout the 1960s, with 1972 as the target for its grand opening.{{sfnp| Rewald|1986|loc= 253}}

The [[Van Gogh Museum]] opened in the [[Museumplein]] in Amsterdam in 1973.{{sfnp|Pomerans|1997|loc= xiii}} It became the second most popular museum in the Netherlands, after the [[Rijksmuseum]], regularly receiving more than 1.5&nbsp;million visitors a year. In 2015 it had a record 1.9&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/150751/bezoekersrecords_voor_van_gogh_museum_en_nemo|title=Bezoekersrecords voor Van Gogh Museum en NEMO|date=15 December 2015|trans-title=Record breaking number of visitors to the Van Gogh Museum and the NEMO Science Museum|language=nl|work=[[AT5]]|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721082453/http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/150751/bezoekersrecords_voor_van_gogh_museum_en_nemo|archive-date=21 July 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Eighty-five percent of the visitors come from other countries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/2015/sep/01/van-gogh-museum-chief-axel-ruger-interview|title=Van Gogh Museum chief: it's critical to diversify our income streams|last=Caines|first=Matthew|date=1 September 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=4 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826101634/https://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/2015/sep/01/van-gogh-museum-chief-axel-ruger-interview|archive-date=26 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>