Local authority in Belgium plans to save Van Gogh 's one - time home from dereliction . Municipality of Antwerp , Belgium , plans to restore house , turn it into museum . Van Gogh lived in region from 1878 to 1880 , at the time he decided to become an artist . Major exhibition covering artist 's time there slated for Mons , European Capital of Culture , in 2015 .
Local authority in Belgium working to save Van Gogh 's one-time home from dereliction . Municipality of Colfontaine , Belgium , plans to restore house , turn it into museum . Van Gogh lived in region from 1878 to 1880 , at the time he decided to become an artist . Major exhibition covering artist 's time there slated for Mons , European Capital of Culture , in 2015 .