Which New York museum holds Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night'?

New York’s Museum of Modern Art holds Van Gogh’s The Starry Night.

Van Gogh painted the oil-on-canvas work in June 1889 while staying at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy, France. Its swirling blue sky, luminous stars, crescent moon, and dark cypress tree make it one of the most recognizable paintings in modern art.

Although the scene was inspired by the view from Van Gogh’s room, the painting is not a literal snapshot. The village was based partly on other views, and Van Gogh rearranged or intensified elements of the landscape. He worked on the canvas during the day, despite depicting a nocturnal scene.

The painting entered MoMA’s collection in 1941 through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, by exchange, and is displayed in the museum’s modern-art galleries. It is often confused with Starry Night Over the Rhône, another Van Gogh night scene that is held elsewhere. MoMA’s painting is specifically The Starry Night, dated 1889.