Yiza entwasahlobo, iMet izakuvula iVan Gogh: Irises kunye neRoses, imizobo emine eyayiyinxalenye yothotho lweentyatyambo olugqitywe ngumculi, kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba asweleke kwiiveki zakhe zokugqibela kwindawo yokukhosela iSaint-Rémy, ezingazange ziboniswe kunye. Irises kunye neRoses ziya kubonisa ezabo iiMet Iris kwaye Iiroses iboniswe ecaleni kwamaqabane abo amade ahlukene: Iris ukusuka kwiVan Gogh Museum eAmsterdam kunye Iiroses ukusuka kwiGalari kaZwelonke yoBugcisa eWashington, D.C.
Emva kokuba uVan Gogh egqibile ukupeyinta, wabashiya ngasemva kwindawo yokukhosela ukuze bayome, kwaye ekugqibeleni bahlulwe. Ngenxa yee-pigments ezibuthathaka ezikhanyayo ezahlula umbala wepeyinti yegcisa, umbala oshukumisayo wokusebenzisa ngenjongo uphelile kwaye wagqwetha kunye nexesha. Imyuziyam iya kubonisa ukwakhiwa kwakhona kombala okwenziwe ekucwangcisweni kwalo mboniso kunye nofakelo olukhethekileyo lwemisebenzi ngokulandelelana kwayo. Umboniso uza kuvulwa nge-12 kaMeyi ka-2015; Iminyaka eyi-125 (kwiveki) emva kokubhengezwa kokuqala kwegcisa kumntakwabo ngeleta yokuba uza kuqala ukusebenza kuthotho.