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In which city does the original of Van Gogh's Starry Night hang?

New York

Background

Many people think the painting hangs in Amsterdam or Paris. In fact it hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Van Gogh painted it in 1889 while in a mental asylum in France. He saw the night sky through the barred window of his room. MoMA bought the painting for its collection all the way back in 1941.

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