Opinion
Why Depressing Art Is Good for You
From Ilya Repin to Charlie Kaufman, artists who explore the darkest human impulses can give us hope and inspire us to be better.
Van Gogh
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Van Gogh Still Life Renamed After Chef Catches Mistake
Sharp-eyed Dutch chef Ernst de Witte took one look at van Gogh’s “Red Cabbages and Onions” (1887) and knew something was wrong.
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Did Van Gogh’s Disdain for the Eiffel Tower Inspire “Starry Night”?
Art historian James Hall argues that van Gogh replaced the Eiffel Tower with a towering cypress tree and its inaugural light shows with the night sky.
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The Unlikely Story of a Van Gogh Deemed "Immune From Seizure"
A Brazilian collector sued the Detroit Institute of Art over a loaned Van Gogh he claims is his, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit. Here’s why.
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It Took Three Hours to Unglue Protesters From Van Gogh Frame
Two climate activists from Just Stop Oil were found guilty of criminal damage after gluing themselves to the 18th-century frame at the Courtauld Gallery.
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Lil Nas X’s “I Will Avenge U Mr Van Gogh” Meme Goes Viral
The rapper posted an image miming an attack on one of Andy Warhol’s tomato soup cans, and as usual, his fans ate it up.
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Climate Protester Who Souped Van Gogh Artwork Speaks Out
In a viral clip, 21-year-old activist Phoebe Plummer defended the protest and slammed the British government's inaction on climate change.
Art
What if Van Gogh Could Paint Your Hometown?
Neither Picasso nor Hilma af Klint ever visited the Faroe Islands, but in a new exhibition, a museum uses AI to imagine how these artists would have painted their archipelago.
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X-Ray of Van Gogh Painting Reveals Hidden Self-Portrait
A portrait of the bearded Dutch master was found under cardboard backing and glue on the reverse side of the 1885 work “Head of a Peasant Woman.”
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Climate Activists Glue Themselves to a Van Gogh at London Gallery
In another action yesterday, five members of the group were arrested after they glued themselves to a landscape painting in Scotland.
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Delicately Balancing Psychoanalysis and Art History in a Van Gogh Exhibition
Popular perceptions of van Gogh are often preoccupied with heart-wrenching accounts of mental illness, but Van Gogh: Self Portraits avoids speculative psychoanalytic readings of one tortured face after another.
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After Disappearing for Decades, a van Gogh Watercolor Sold Under Duress and Then Stolen by Nazis May Fetch $30M
The heirs of two Jewish collectors, one who sold the work to fund his escape from Germany, and another who had the artwork stolen by the Nazis, will receive financial restitution from the Christie’s sale.