The etched portrait of Dr Gachet, who tended to the artist after he shot himself, was donated by the doctor's son

The Dutchman’s newly attributed Oslo self-portrait is unveiled in an Amsterdam exhibition, while the Frenchman’s bohemian portrait suffers a downgrading

The Hahnloser Collection paintings are being lent to the Austrian museum while the Winterthur villa where they usually reside undergoes renovations

After a long-running debate, the picture, going on show at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam today, has been attributed to Charles Giron

Story directly inspired by The Art Newspaper’s article on the artists’s Japanese ornament, which sat in the dining room at his Giverny home, will be published in May

Curatorial group WHW (What, How & for Whom), who are joint directors of Vienna’s Kunsthalle, on their experimental approach to museum leadership and exhibitions

Independent scholar uncovers questionable provenance for the sculpture that the Oxford institution bought from Sotheby's in 1967

The Hollywood star, who died last week aged 103, became famous for his portrayal of the "tortured artist"

The Conservative MP for Hertsmere in Hertfordshire replaces Nicky Morgan

Now heading to Maastricht, the painting of a peasant cottage will be a highlight of the Tefaf fair

Plus, Canadian First Nations artist Kent Monkman on his Met paintings and the art of food at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge

Emilie Gordenker, from the Mauritshuis, will move from the Golden Age to the birth of Modernism when she takes up her role next week

The incoming director was headhunted for museum posts in Europe and the US but steered clear of the UK "for obvious reasons"

Museum probably paid at least $3m for the widely exhibited sculpture of a horned devil, but the misattributed work may have been made by a Polynesian artist for the European market

The Oslo self-portrait and other paintings have been authenticated by the artist’s museum

The newly attributed work is quite unlike Van Gogh’s other 35 self-portraits and reveals an intriguing insight into his mutilated ear

An intriguing letter suggests that Vincent made a very unusual sale to England

Exhibition on rediscovered 17th-century artist, which includes rare loans, is due to open in London in April

Satellite venue of historic Albertina is to focus on Austrian and international art made after 1945

Unseen for 25 years, they all come from a very private American collector

Experts believe underdrawing in St Stephen’s is first evidence that the master worked in the Austrian capital

Discovery in Vienna's St Stephen's cathedral was made with photographs taken through a small hole in the marble

Lead curator says relaunch next spring is timely as "the UK is reassessing its role on the European and global stage”

The top exhibitions, books and auction news this year—plus the astonishing tale of the gun

The Finding of Moses is on display, but it will soon be moved to the newly refurbished Baroque room

Boris Johnson gives former MP a peerage in order to keep her in the cabinet, but survival of culture department in the longer term is not assured

Our pick of the gifts and purchases to enter international museum collections in 2019

One painting was hidden in a Parma cellar, leading to the discovery of the Tanzi Treasure

We look back at the major events that made the headlines this year

Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian minister of antiquities, corrals international team of experts to press institutions for return of important artefacts