Article 6KB9E Van Gogh self-portrait arrives in Wales for Art of the Selfie show

Van Gogh self-portrait arrives in Wales for Art of the Selfie show

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Steven Morris
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In swap with Musee d'Orsay in Paris which has borrowed a Renoir, visitors to Cardiff museum will be urged to take selfies with Van Gogh portrait

It is possible the artist may not have wholly approved of one of his searching, intense self-portraits being likened to an image grabbed on a mobile phone.

But a Van Gogh oil painting has been unveiled as the centrepiece of an exhibition in Cardiff that poses the question: Is a self-portrait the original selfie?"

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