US EditionTaylor Swift Fans Flock to German Museum to View Painting that Inspired 'The Fate Of Ophelia' Music Video
The Hessische Landesmuseum saw a surge of visitors after fans linked a 1900 Art Nouveau painting to Swift’s No. 1 music video, prompting a free themed tour next month.
- On Thursday, the Hessische Landesmuseum in Wiesbaden reported hundreds more visitors over the weekend as fans flocked to see Friedrich Heyser's portrait of Ophelia linked to Taylor Swift's music video.
- Earlier this month, the Hessische Landesmuseum team noticed the resemblance and invited Swifties to a Nov. 2 tour, which they posted online and soon went viral.
- Friedrich Heyser's oil-on-canvas 'Ophelia' is believed to date to around 1900 and depicts a woman lying in water amid flowers, while The Fate of Ophelia music video has over 65 million YouTube views.
- Among visitors were a family from Hamburg and American families stationed at the U.S. army base in Wiesbaden, while special tour bookings are already completely full.
- Andreas Henning said, `We are surprised and delighted that Taylor Swift used this painting from the museum as inspiration for her video` and the museum has tried to contact Swift without success.
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The Hessisches Landesmuseum in Germany saw a significant increase in visitor numbers last weekend thanks to Taylor Swift. Fans of the singer flocked to admire the painting "Ophelia" by Friedrich Heyser, presumably the inspiration for a scene from the music video for one of Swift's new hits.
In his new video, The Fate of Ophelia, Taylor Swift pays tribute to a work by the painter Friedrich Heyser, exhibited at the Wiesbaden Museum in Germany. The museum is stormed by the Swifties. ...
Fans of American singer Taylor Swift are flocking to the Museum Wiesbaden in Germany to see the painting "Ophelia" by Friedrich Heyser. A scene from the music video for Swift's new hit "The Fate of Ophelia" is based on that work. The museum even organized a tour specifically for Swifties, but it's already sold out.
Swifties Are Flocking to a German Museum
A German museum has been unexpectedly overrun by Taylor Swift fans because one of its paintings bears a striking resemblance to the opening scene of Swift's current No. 1 hit video, "The Fate of Ophelia." Hundreds of additional visitors came to the Hessische Landesmuseum in central Germany over the weekend...
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