Martin Bailey
The Nazi collaborator who sheltered nearly 300 Van Gogh works during the war: Sam van Deventer’s story is now told
A new biography reveals that the director of the Kröller-Müller Museum had earlier acquired eight Van Goghs for his personal collection—and he may have sold the finest one to Hitler’s deputy, Hermann Göring
The fate of a Van Gogh flower painting destined for Japan’s 'Sheer Pleasure' pavilion
Kojiro Matsukata’s still life was destroyed in a London fire and his “Van Gogh’s Bedroom” was seized during the Second World War
How a Danish museum was asked to safeguard and then return 290 stolen gems to British Museum
The Danish specialist Ittai Gradel, who first raised alarm about thefts of antiquities from the London museum, and earlier returned 61 gems bought separately on eBay, approached the Thorvaldsens Museum to help in repatriating a second, larger set of stolen pieces
‘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
The paint was still wet: a closer look at three Van Gogh paintings heading to the Rijksmuseum
They include an Amsterdam townscape painted an hour or so before the artist visited the newly opened museum in 1885
Four fake Van Gogh self-portraits that publishers put on their book covers
These works deceive readers, giving a false impression about the artist
Did Van Gogh’s brother Theo have syphilis?
It is almost certain, and this could well be a reason behind Vincent’s suicide
Van Gogh’s potatoes: few artists would choose this subject for a still life
Vincent borrowed a casserole from his brother’s kitchen for the painting, which has just been acquired by Rotterdam’s art museum
Revealed: the colourful and scandalous life of Toulouse-Lautrec's 'Black Countess'
The Art Newspaper has uncovered new details about the subject of the artist's 1881 painting
Tate Britain unveils Keith Piper's artistic response to racist Rex Whistler mural
"One of the most challenging issues I've faced”, says museum director Alex Farquharson on dealing with the controversial 1927 artwork
A Van Gogh self-portrait goes to Wales
An American almost bought the painting for London’s National Gallery in 1924—but it sold to a French buyer and is now coming to the UK on loan
New dawn: the birth of Impressionism revisited 150 years later for Paris exhibition
Musée d’Orsay brings together works by Monet, Renoir, Degas and others first seen in a landmark 1874 exhibition
Ten reasons why we love Van Gogh
It’s not only the art, but also his extraordinary life story
Auctioneer withdraws looted shield from sale after restitution request from Ethiopian government
Ethiopian Heritage Authority asked to contact vendor to request restitution of battle trophy taken following British expeditionary force's punitive siege of Maqdala in 1868
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
British Museum suffering from leaking roofs as wait for huge redevelopment project goes on
Emergency repairs are being made to several galleries, just over a year after Assyrian reliefs were threatened by serious condensation
V&A aims to outflank the Met over £2m ivory
An export licence has now been deferred a second time to allow the UK museum to raise funds
New publication sheds fresh light on brothel scenes by Emile Bernard and Van Gogh
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum this week publishes a catalogue focused on Bernard‘s rarely seen drawings featuring prostitution and sexual allegories
Frans Hals scholars split over attributions
As a major exhibition on the Dutch Old Master opens at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a divide has emerged among specialists over the total number of autograph works
The Van Gogh painting that was stolen—and recovered in an Ikea bag—goes on show
Research reveals that the artist began the work as a winter scene and transformed it into a spring landscape
Investigation by Portuguese newspaper reveals grappling between politicians and museums over future of Kwer’ata Re’esu
Disagreement centred over whether the painting, looted in 1868 and later sold to a private collector in Portugal, should be bought by the government and returned to Ethopia
One of Van Gogh’s finest early watercolours is coming up for sale, estimated at up to £3m
Woman Sewing was inspired by a soulful English poem, “The Song of the Shirt”
Rothschild foundation acquires lost Guercino masterpiece
The portrait of Moses surfaced in Paris in 2022 and will form part of a loan exhibition at Waddesdon Manor in March
A Dutch museum wants to buy a Van Gogh painting from an English collector
The portrait of Gordina, whom Vincent was accused of getting pregnant, is worth around £5m
British Museum and V&A to lend looted gold objects to Ghana
The 32 items held in the collections of the two UK museums were taken during wars in the 19th century
Van Gogh and Gauguin’s little cat
The playful creature—painted while the artists were living in the Yellow House—has crept out of hiding after more than 100 years
Van Gogh 2024 highlights: London’s National Gallery takes the lead
There will be other exhibitions in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Taiwan—plus a topical book and a plethora of immersive experiences
V&A and the Met in tug-of-war over £2m medieval ivory
The 12th-century walrus ivory sculpture represents “one of the most culturally and aesthetically significant objects” the UK government’s reviewing committee has handled in the past five years
New Courtauld director Mark Hallett promises to ‘shout about’ art history’s importance
College chief faces double challenge of fundraising for renovation and diversifying the student body at the UK’s leading art institute
Van Gogh in 2023: the best-ever series of exhibitions
Other highlights include the dramatic recovery of a stolen painting and an astonishing donation