Martin Bailey
Visitor Figures 2020: top 100 art museums revealed as attendance drops by 77% worldwide
The Art Newspaper's annual survey shows how the pandemic had a devastating impact on museums around the world—but there were some silver linings
Benin bronzes: looted treasures will return to Nigeria at last
Plus, the newly discovered Van Gogh is sold and artist Rana Begum on Tess Jaray
The tragedy of Vincent van Gogh’s youngest sister Willemien—a feminist who spent 38 years in an asylum
New book explores the extraordinary story of the three Van Gogh sisters
The astonishing tale of how a US vice president’s Van Gogh work ended up in Iran
Vincent’s print—inscribed “At Eternity’s Gate” by the artist—went from Nelson Rockefeller to Tehran’s Museum of Contemporary Art
New research reveals how a grasshopper got stuck—leaving its mark in Van Gogh's painting on a summer’s day in Provence
The new Nelson-Atkins Museum catalogue tells the full story of the Olive Trees
National Gallery London: new details of development plans revealed
A 1960s office block behind the Sainsbury Wing will be demolished to make way for a new building to provide more exhibition space
Boris Johnson says Van Gogh’s Sunflowers 'lifts the soul'—as the London masterpiece is unveiled in Australia
Britons will have to wait a bit longer to enjoy the painting as Covid-19 delays the National Gallery’s international tour, now on its final stop in Canberra
Bought for around $1,000, now worth $10m: where was the newly unveiled Van Gogh landscape hidden away?
Montmartre windmill painting is on view with Sotheby’s for the first time since it left the easel
Pissarro predicted that Van Gogh 'would either go mad or leave the Impressionists far behind'
Fresh evidence of Camille’s admiration for Vincent: an unpublished document reveals he owned the Dutch artist’s portrait of their paintseller friend Père Tanguy
'Building on our strengths': National Gallery London unveils plans for £25m upgrade
Refurbishment, to be partly completed for the museum's 200th anniversary in 2024, will encompass the lobby of the Sainsbury Wing, a new research centre and improved outdoor space
British Museum hires curator to research history of its collection, also covering contested objects such as the Parthenon Marbles
"Issues such as the role of the slave trade and empire… will be relevant to some of the research undertaken," a museum spokeswoman says
Hockney and Van Gogh paintings meet in Houston for exhibition on the joys of nature
Despite Covid-19, the show will open with works now safely flown across the Atlantic
Seller of $92m Botticelli also collected Van Gogh
Sheldon Solow’s Rhône riverscape is worth $40m—but what will happen to it now that the billionaire New York collector has died?
Expert warned Getty Museum that its newly purchased Gauguin sculpture was a fake, new article reveals
The Los Angeles institution confirmed the work was not authentic last year
Van Gogh’s Japanese girl could fetch record $10m at auction
A Provençal drawing coming up at Christie’s New York is based on a painting in Washington, DC
Is Van Gogh hiding at the back of this Toulouse-Lautrec drawing?
In this rare depiction of Vincent, now in a Hiroshima museum, he is observing a raucous cabaret in Paris
A lost Van Gogh self-portrait had the most extraordinary frame that included his much-loved sunflowers—here it is reconstructed
The painting—which went missing in a German salt mine during the war—was given a gilded frame with swirling lines
This Picasso photo puzzle has stumped experts. Can you help solve it?
The identity of those posing with the master remains a mystery a century after the picture was taken
Treats for Van Gogh fans in 2021: exhibitions, museum openings and books
We look ahead at the events to enjoy this year—assuming coronavirus doesn't scupper them
Art in 2021—treats include Dürer blockbuster, new Munch museum and Caravaggio anniversary
Influential works by Duchamp, Picasso and Mondrian also celebrate centenary this year
Barbra Streisand just bought a Van Gogh painting—once owned by Penthouse boss Bob Guccione—for a cool $4.5m
Californian-based singer and actress, now 78, has long collected art and design, starting with a Matisse in 1964
Why the Van Gogh Museum might never have existed—new research reveals how the family collection was nearly sold off
In 1911, the Kröller-Müller couple tried to acquire 200 of Vincent’s paintings and 600 drawings
Victoria and Albert museum to close for two days a week due to coronavirus financial crunch
Visitor numbers will take years to recover with a drastic impact on income, the London institution reports
Rex Whistler’s Tate Britain restaurant mural is ‘offensive’, ethics committee says, threatening closure
Tate now faces the dilemma of what to do with a room decorated by a major early 20th-century artist
Poignant Van Gogh watercolour of a windmill coming up for sale
Sheltering from a rainstorm at the mill, Vincent and his brother Theo made a teenage pact
Hunt still on for a Van Gogh self-portrait lost deep in a salt mine during the Second World War
The Magdeburg masterpiece may have been burned at the end of hostilities—but some believe it might have been looted and survive
A separated pair: the story behind Van Gogh’s famed empty chairs
An insight into what the two paintings reveal about Vincent's life with Gauguin in the Yellow House
Did alcohol withdrawal really cause Van Gogh’s mental crises?
Vincent was allowed 42 units of wine in the asylum—three times more than today’s recommended limit
First look at David Adjaye's planned museum for Benin City
Ghanaian-British architect is working with the British Museum and Nigerian organisations to show “the most comprehensive display in the world of Benin Bronzes”
New book solves the mystery of Van Gogh's lost harmonium portrait
Vincent scrunched up a study for a second portrait of Marguerite Gachet, the daughter of his Auvers doctor