Amsterdam's Van Gogh reopens after facelift

Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum today reopened its doors to the public with a stunning new display of some of the Dutch master's greatest works, completing a trio of renovations of the city's most famous museums.
The hanging of Van Gogh's final 1887-88 "Self-portrait as a painter" moments before reopening to the public was the last task after a seven-month multi-million euro facelift.
"From today, visitors will be able to view the new exhibition that displays Van Gogh as if they (visitors) were watching over his shoulder" as he painted, museum director Axel Rueger told AFP.
"It really shows how Van Gogh developed as an artist and visitors can get into the 'nitty-gritty' of his methods in the new exhibition," he said.

The Van Gogh Museum closed its doors for renovations in September last year and some 75 of Van Gogh's works moved to the Hermitage in Amsterdam, where they attracted some 665,000 visitors.