with van gough and munch. and the advances that they made. it's hard to understand 100 years later, the massive shift in content, painting the way to moderner art. van gough wanted characters, bull bus noses, close to the art. morning, a woman on the bed scandalous at the time. an open shirt, and visible brushstrokes, all a new way of painting. the show has taken six years to put together. more than 100 pictures, beautiful, have come from private collections and museums around the world. >> i think that it's so stimulating, you can really experience things, and by looking and making comparisons. >> although the two men lived in paris at the same time, there's no evidence that they knew each other. but many of their works have similarities. van gough's starry night sits next to a starry night by munch. both men led hard lives >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. >> holy and historic. pope francis arrives in the u.s. during a time of transition in the american church. along with the celebrations, tension over his m