News
Met Museum Sued Over Van Gogh Allegedly Looted by Nazis
The heirs of a Jewish collector say the museum and the Goulandris foundation were aware of the work’s provenance.
Van Gogh
Book Review
The Poetry of van Gogh’s Montmartre Years
Miles J. Unger’s new study on the artist is in part a critical biography and in part an impressive and sensitive account of his creation of some key paintings.
Art Review
What Does Anselm Kiefer Have to Do With Van Gogh?
As a show on the pair at the Royal Academy unwittingly demonstrates, not much.
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Why Did Eco-Activists Get Years in Prison for Only $588 in Damages?
The famous "souping" of a van Gogh painting raises questions about what counts as peaceful protest versus violent crime.
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Why Did Pope Leo XIV Invoke Van Gogh in His First Address?
“It seems to me an image of hope,” said the new pontiff in an inaugural address attended by around 40,000 people.
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The French Postal Worker Who Sat for Van Gogh
A portrait series of Joseph Roulin and his family, whom the painter befriended during his stay in Arles, is the focus of a show at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Books
Van Gogh and the Siren Song of Paris
The artist’s internal revolution erupted in the radical innovations of his years in the city, which seemed to offer refuge from the storms of his life.
News
Garage Sale Portrait Is Not a Van Gogh Original, Museum Says
But an art authentication group insists that the painting is an original by the Dutch master, stating that “even the museum is fallible.”
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Van Gogh's “Irises” Were Never Supposed to Be Blue
A new exhibition chronicles how a paintings conservator and chemist solved a color mystery in one of the painter’s most beloved works.
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“The Starry Night” Follows Laws of Physics That Weren’t Discovered Yet
Art lovers have long known that the Dutch painter saw the night sky like nobody else — and now scientists know it, too.
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These Fake Van Gogh Paintings Duped the Experts
A new report exposes three copies held in private collections once thought to be originals by the Dutch artist.
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Two Van Gogh Works “Souped” in Protest of Climate Activists’ Jail Sentences
“Future generations will regard these prisoners of conscience to be on the right side of history,” Just Stop Oil members said as they splashed the paintings.