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Could this Van Gogh have come from Nazi Germany?
As Birmingham’s peasant woman painting goes on loan to Charleston, we explore the question of its provenance
Van Gogh’s hospital painting comes to London, returning for the first time in a hundred years
The picture shows the ward where the artist slept after mutilating his ear—I witnessed the room’s tragic demolition
Was a new Van Gogh really discovered at a garage sale? Here’s why I remain unconvinced
The New York-based LMI Group claims the $50 portrait is a previously unknown work by the Dutch master, perhaps now worth $15m, but the Van Gogh Museum rejects it
How many Van Goghs have been stolen—and where are they now?
A new Dutch book provides the first comprehensive account of how the artist’s work has been targeted by thieves
Van Gogh’s two pictures of the hospital in Arles—painted while he was recovering after cutting his ear—head to the Courtauld
Both pictures were acquired by the same private collector, they have not left Switzerland for a century
Discoveries
Once the most expensive painting ever auctioned, has a long hidden Van Gogh portrait been rediscovered?
Our review of 2024: record sales, exhibitions, fakes—and tracking down Dr Gachet
Snug as a bug: conservation work reveals beetle in Gauguin cat painting
The painting, which has just gone on display at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, was previously hidden away in a private collection for over a century
A Van Gogh painting, newly authenticated in an unexpected Polish museum, has gone on display in a church dome
Bought by a British collector, the Dutch landscape was donated to an institution dedicated to Pope John Paul II
Kernel of truth: pollen cone stuck in paint reveals where Van Gogh’s Irises grew
His purple flowers have now faded to blue, as revealed during research for a Getty exhibition in October
A stolen Van Gogh drawing recovered outside a public lavatory 20 years ago goes on show
The Whitworth's watercolour will be a highlight at the Royal Academy’s exhibition
Suicide or murder?
Where did Van Gogh shoot himself?
It may have been near the inn where he stayed—not in a more distant wheatfield
Van Gogh's suicide: Ten reasons why the murder story is a myth
All the evidence suggests it was the artist who fired the fatal shot
I held the gun that probably killed Van Gogh—and here is its story
The revolver discovered by a farmer in an Auvers field comes up for auction on 19 June
Ten myths about Vincent van Gogh
Why stories—from the mutilated ear to the eventual suicide—can distort our view of the art
Van Gogh: it was suicide, not murder
Julian Schnabel’s new film on Van Gogh is based on questionable assumptions
Fake or the real deal?
Van Gogh Museum exposes three early fakes
A vase of summer sunflowers in a late autumn scene proved a giveaway
Revealed: How Tate briefly considered acquiring a Van Gogh self-portrait—which was later exposed as a fake
The gallery couldn’t afford the price, of just under £20,000
How a fake Van Gogh encouraged Barbra Streisand to buy the real thing
The star's autobiography reveals her admiration for a “self-portrait” owned by a Hollywood producer
Nine Van Gogh 'fakes' that have emerged as the real thing
The Oslo self-portrait and other paintings have been authenticated by the artist’s museum
Four fake Van Gogh self-portraits that publishers put on their book covers
These works deceive readers, giving a false impression about the artist
Van Gogh's life
An exclusive visit to Van Gogh’s asylum garden to track down the scenes that he painted
As Vincent wrote to his brother, “life happens … in the garden, it isn’t so sad”
How drinking too much coffee fuelled Van Gogh’s work
A highly personal still-life painting featuring a pot, milk jug and cups offers an insight into daily life in the Yellow House
Revealed: Van Gogh’s unknown period, exploring the landscape of the remote north
The first exhibition on Vincent’s visit to Drenthe, where art consoled him after a failed love affair
What paintings did Van Gogh hang above his bed?
“Pictures within pictures” reveal more about life in the Yellow House
I met the oldest woman in the world—who shared her memories of Van Gogh in Arles
Madame Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122, recalled meeting the artist as a child
Van Gogh's ear
Four days after finding Van Gogh with a mutilated ear, Gauguin witnessed the guillotining of a murderer
Gauguin then went on to make a ceramic self-portrait with bleeding ears
‘That truly is nature’: the inspiring story behind four spring scenes Van Gogh painted just weeks after mutilating his ear
The optimistic April paintings were produced at an extremely challenging time for the artist
Not a fake: Van Gogh self-portrait is his only work painted while suffering psychosis, experts say
The newly attributed work is quite unlike Van Gogh’s other 35 self-portraits and reveals an intriguing insight into his mutilated ear
Gauguin blames Van Gogh over ear incident
Little known letter says he feared “a fatal and tragic accident” in the Yellow House
Name of mystery woman who received Van Gogh's ear revealed for first time
Gabrielle Berlatier was a farmer's daughter who kept her traumatic encounter with the artist a secret