A collection of essays about the Rijksmuseum‘s show also fascinating insights into the struggle for loans and what accompanying research revealed about its 17th-century subject

Behind its ordered, Neo-Classical façade, the London institution has been home to plenty of intrigue and eccentricity

The artist once wrote to his brother of his subject's “blue uniform with gold trimmings, a big, bearded face”

An expert argues that a legal document by the artist’s widow, from which the painting’s title is taken, is not referencing the famous picture in Vienna

‘Parisian Novels’ from the Pritzker collection is going on sale at Sotheby’s— along with a drawing that has not been exhibited for more than a century

The New York institution has supported the claim by pointing to the composition of Nicolaes Maes’s ‘The Naughty Drummer’

A new display at the Van Gogh Museum reveals the couple's story through paintings and letters

The underpainting, a quite conventional portrait of a man, was previously believed to be by a different artist

Vincent’s painting, ‘The Sower’, has even been “blessed” by the new Pope, Leo XIV

An unprecedented £375m has already been raised for the extension, which will have space for hundreds of paintings—while Tate is collaborating with the gallery on a revised acquisition strategy

Discover the top 10 posts of the last two years—all updated with new information on the extraordinary painter

Both pictures were acquired by the same private collector, they have not left Switzerland for a century

We look back at the blockbuster, with intriguing and little-known stories behind many of the loans

Photographs show the near-catastrophic damage caused when a vandal attempted to cut the head from ‘Young Woman Seated at a Virginal’ by the Dutch master

The National Gallery’s blockbuster exhibition, ‘Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers’, provided an unusual opportunity to see how the artist’s works have been framed by their owners

The museum has raised concerns about the safety of its collection, visitors and staff

Visitors can go to the spot where he stood his easel, enjoy the view of the Rhône—and see how the artist transformed the scene into one of his best-loved paintings

Revelations about The Red Vineyard, now conserved at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum

The artist's granddaughter was furious with his treatment of her grandmother Olga, but his death gave her the wealth to buy work by other masters

An unusual chance to see Vincent’s own copy of a print which inspired one of his most intriguing paintings

A pair of pictures with this bizarre geological feature both ended up in New York

A painting by Antoine Watteau valued at £6m was among those granted an export licence after no museum buyer was found, however items including the Second World War notebooks of Alan Turing were saved

Civil servants felt frustrated after Prime Minister John Major returned the 13th-century artefact 30 years ago, newly released papers reveal

Nearby, the White Cube gallery is also displaying homage works by the German artist, more than 60 years after he hitchhiked in Vincent’s footsteps

The pair of works are now worth £1m, with one soon coming up for sale at Sotheby’s

Overwhelming evidence suggests it was the artist who fired the fatal shot

A rare 1929 photograph captures the scene: Vincent’s much-loved Langlois Bridge, shortly before it was destroyed

Winfield House, home to American representatives to the UK, is hidden away in Regent’s Park—and has hosted a series of Vincent’s masterpieces

The Pola Museum sheds fresh light on the veneration of Japanese artists for Vincent’s paintings

Her artistic pilgrimage in Vincent’s footsteps is explored at the Kröller-Müller Museum, including a poignant double portrait