Van Gogh Alive

I might've heard about this all immersive experience of Vincent van Gogh's life and work in passing at some point. At best I'm only cognizant of the man's best known pieces - Starry Night, etc. 

When it was announced that there was gonna be a Van Gogh Alive happening in KL, I was like, okay. I guess because they need the foot traffic and also cos they got the space for it, it's at Pavilion Bukit Jalil. 

NGL, ticketing and admission was not that straightforward, especially if you bought it online at Cloudjoi (also a ticketing partner). Never got an email about reserving an entry time slot.

First time I went, there were so many people waiting outside, I was like, nope. To be fair, this was during the year end holidays, so joke was on me. 

So I tried again this week, but no where in the paperwork did it ever state (or maybe I missed it) that I needed to reserve a time slot for entry. So I had to scan a QR code and my time was 12.30 p.m. I had about an hour to kill wandering the mall some before coming back to go in. But this was CNY week and there's still people who's off the entire week on their own volition or who's work is closed for the week. So I had to queue to line up to go in. 

I know not to expect actual paintings (cos they're spread out in museums and art galleries around the world - I might've seen some of the actual ones in the Art Institute of Chicago many years ago), but if not for the 40+ minute presentation at the end, you could be in and out in about 30 minutes? (There was a corner where visitors can draw their own line drawings of the Van Gogh pieces, so that you could bring home to colour it in yourself?). 

If you want to take pics for the 'gram, then go for it - there's plenty of photo op thingies for that. Gift shop items are a bit hit and miss. 

Personally, once was enough. If you can get away with not paying full price (there's a walk-in discount for Maybank cardholders at the moment), please do - you'll just be mad that you overpaid for this.