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The memorial ceremony was a joint initiative of the Van Gogh Museum, the Institut Van Gogh Auvers and the Van Gogh Europe Foundation – an association of around thirty institutions, which are paying tribute to Van Gogh in 2015 through the theme ‘125 years of inspiration’. The commemorative events were prompted by the way the artist continues to inspire so many people today and how he is still very much ‘alive’, a century and a quarter after his death. Activities are being held throughout the year in a number of towns in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and England, which played a significant part in the artist’s life. The Zundert Corso Flower Parade Foundation marked today’s 125th anniversary of their celebrated fellow villager’s death by unveiling a large self-portrait of Van Gogh, made of 50,000 dahlias, on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. The tableau measures eight metres square and can be seen alongside the Van Gogh Museum.
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