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The National Gallery's new exhibition includes Van Gogh's brief foray into Neo-Impressionism

The National Gallery in London opens 'Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists' tomorrow, running until 8 February 2026. The exhibition features works by Van Gogh’s Parisian colleagues, including Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, and highlights Van Gogh’s brief experimentation with Neo-Impressionist dot-like technique. A key work on display is Van Gogh's 'The Sower' (June 1888), which also recently received a papal mention by Pope Leo XIV, who referenced the painting in his first general audience at the Vatican, interpreting its sun as a symbol of God.

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Neo-Impressionism makes its thoroughly Modernist point at National Gallery in London

The National Gallery in London is presenting 'Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists,' an exhibition that brings together 58 works from the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. The show centers on Georges Seurat’s 'Le Chahut' (1889-90) and features artists such as Paul Signac, Anna Boch, Jan Toorop, and Théo Van Rysselberghe, highlighting the movement's radical, dot-based pointillist technique and its ties to anarchism. Co-curator Julien Domercq frames Neo-Impressionism as the first international Modern art movement, a precursor to abstraction and Fauvism.