>> Maya Phillips, The New York Times Published: 19 Jul 2021 12:02 PM BdST Updated: 19 Jul 2021 12:02 PM BdST People sit and watch an animated reproduction of “Starry Night Over the Rhône,” part of “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” at Skylight on Vesey Street in New York, June 5, 2021. Two immersive van Gogh exhibitions make a critic reflect on her encounters with his paintings and question what it means to have an intimate connection with an artist. (Sam Youkilis/The New York Times) In 2017, I took a trip to Paris, where I greedily took in as much art as I could. In one of the cavernous chambers of the ornate Musée d’Orsay was the Vincent van Gogh exhibition, his framed works (“Starry Night Over the Rhône,” “Bedroom in Arles,” “The Church at Auvers,” a number of his self-portraits) set against a brazen sapphire background rather than the usual chaste white museum walls.