Phila Flower Show

The moment you enter "Van Gogh Up Close" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the exhibition tells you that it's something special, one of those uncommon revelations of artistic soul that once seen, can never be forgotten. "Van Gogh Up Close" reveals the essence of the artist's mystique and of his enduring popularity more effectively than any other exhibition of his art that I can recall, including the last one in Philadelphia, a portrait show in the fall and winter... Next to the detached flower heads, this painting, one of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's postimpressionist prizes, feels oddly reticent. Sunflowers are Vincent van Gogh's painterly signature, so why does this image, lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, make such a powerful impact. "Van Gogh Up Close" connects us to the artist's immersion in the natural world, which at times reaches devotional intensity. To appreciate why this is so, one needs to recall the principal stages of van Gogh's tragic life and career, which I'll get to presently.

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Paris arrives in full bloom at Philadelphia Flower Show (With Video)

The fragrances, flora, fashion and even the food of France will fill the Pennsylvania Convention Center beginning Saturday when the doors swing open on the 2011 edition of the Philadelphia International Flower Show.

Monroe man's birdhouses at Philadelphia Flower Show

But never, in more than two decades living on the Black Horse Pike, has someone bought as many birdhouses from him as Michael Petrie, designer of PNC Bank's exhibit at the Philadelphia International Flower Show. "Most of them I give away," Shinn said.

Chestnut Hill's flower power on full display this year

The show opens this Sunday. (Alan Tu/NewsWorks) Chestnut Hill's impact on this year's Philadelphia Flower Show is huge. First, Chestnut Hill resident Drew Becher is now president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which puts on the Flower Show.

Around Town: Bus Trip to Philadelphia Flower Show is Next Week

The River Edge Recreation Commission sponsors an annual bus trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show on Tuesday, March 8. The bus leaves KBG Park at 8:30am and returns at 6:15pm. The cost is $50 per person for

Video: Getting the prized Begonia to the show

To win the blue ribbon at the 2011 Philadelphia Flower Show you still have to get your plant to the hall in the same condition it was when it left its safe, south-facing window. "The temperature is real tricky this time of year," said Kevin Myer,

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