Anselm Kiefer review – creative giant crushed under Van Gogh’s starry might

Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum, AmsterdamThis alienating exhibition makes the German artist look like a kitsch cabaret version of the Dutch master – the comparison is catastrophic for KieferVan Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum is so popular it has taken steps, it was recently reported, to reduce visitor numbers. I can only assume Anselm Kiefer’s alienating exhibition is part of this plan to scare off the punters.A curator lent weight to the suspicion by telling me “the s