coverage, "canvas." >> brown: it's the most famous "stare" in art history: the one and only vincent van gogh i say to visitors, if you're sitting on a stool in a bar, and someone turns to you with this look, you might want to move. and this says something about vincent: he is out there emotionally, and "this is my life.": >> broll south is curator of a new exhibition, "van go and his inspirations," at the carona's capital cy.uth va presents a less-familia gogh-- the wayward, struggling,f largely aught young man who learned from looking hard at the world and the work of artists around him. this is seeing how van gogh became van gogh. >> that's the question we sought to answer. he doesn't come out of the womb and paint "starry night." it takes a lot of failure, a lot of experimentation, a lot of false starts, a number of eay successes. you have to look at a lot of things to arrive at "starry night. that doesn't just come out of nowhere. >> brown: in fact, "starry nght" and mostf van gogh's best-known paintings, date to the last few years of his short life. they rarely travel, and are not here.

plus, a new exhibit veals the inspiratn that led a struggling artist named vincent to become the beloved pain van gogh. >> the thing is, as soon as yo bel somebody a "genius," you "oh, they have this magical gift"-- but actually it's of whole lother people and it's the world.ll >> woodruff:hat and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ no moving omy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> consumer cellular offers no-contract wireless plans that are designed to help you do more of the things you enjoy. whether you're a talker, a texter, browser, photographer, or a bit of everything, our-b u.ed customer service team is here to find a plan that fits you. to learn more, go to consumercellular.tv d >> the forfoundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. >> and with the ongoing ipport of thetitutions: and iends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by e corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thanyou. >> wdruff: u.s. unemploymen

in the end, the art stayed with the dia, including the work of pablo picasso and vincent van gogh.st public museum in the country to purchase a van gogh. it was his self-portrait. it also owns kehinde wiley's famous "officer of the hussars" and "something you can feel" by mickalene thomas. diego rivera considered this mural, "detroit industry," his most successful work. and that's it for this edition of "matter of fact." i'm soledad o'brien. we are going to see you back in washington, dc, next week. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ robert handa: hello, welcome to a holiday "asian pacific america" show. i'm robert handa, your host for our show here on nbc bay area and cozi tv. today we feature a music legend, june kuramoto, who along with husband dan kuramoto, formed the iconic band hiroshima. june, our first musical guest when we launched our show five years ago, plays the traditional instrument, the koto, but in a very contemporary style. she's branching off with solo efforts

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