Book Review
Do We Need to Vindicate Paul Gauguin?
Sue Prideaux’s new biography of the artist reveals both a discomfort with his complex legacy and that, in 2025, redemption arcs sell.
Paul Gauguin
Books
How a Gauguin Painting Went From Real, to Lost, to Fake
A new book is an art detective mystery, a behind-the-scenes look at provenance research, a psychological analysis, and a critical commentary on the art market.
Art
Gauguin’s Predatory Colonial Gaze
Is it fair to use contemporary standards to judge a man who died 116 years ago?
Books
Broaching the Subject of Beauty
A look at three paintings from the cusp of the 20th century that make a powerful argument for beauty.
Art
The Complete History of Cubism in One Blockbuster Exhibition
The first exhibition devoted to Cubism in France since 1953 illustrates how the radical art movement shattered western pictorial conventions.
Film
A New Biopic on Gauguin in Tahiti Paints a Skewed Portrait
Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti maneuvers around its subject's more questionable actions by pretending they don't exist.
Art
Gauguin's Decorative and Graphic Art, Beyond His Paintings of Paradise
Paul Gauguin's decorative works, sculpture, wood carvings, and graphic artworks highlight his stimulating color harmonies and rich compositions, even as some of the subject matter sits uncomfortably with today's standards.
Comics
Why Did Gauguin Make People So Angry?
The painter's quest for a more "primitive" life took him from France to Tahiti and back — and then back again.
News
Recently Discovered Photographs May Be the Only Ones of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti
Two photographs taken on the same day in July 1896 show a person resembling known photos of Gauguin as well as the artist's self-portraits.
Books
Hard Looking: Proust and Gauguin on Art
Gauguin’s art furthered the dematerialization of beauty that Proust discerned in Rembrandt's use of light by freeing color from form and drawing from realism.
Art
Inside van Gogh's Bedroom
CHICAGO — On Monday, February 15, I slept in Vincent van Gogh's bedroom, the room from the Yellow House in Arles that he famously painted in 1888 and 1889.
In Brief
Newly Discovered Photo Offers a Glimpse of van Gogh, Gauguin, and Other Drunk Artists
While Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits were a significant part of his painting career, no confirmed photographs of the artist as an adult are known to exist.