Jewel that gives its name to an 1892 Tahitian carving was added to the work years after the French artist’s death, researcher discovers

Californian collectors had the taste and cash to buy some of his finest paintings, with stars including Elizabeth Taylor, Edward Robinson and Barbra Streisand

The full list of paintings to be shown in the ambitious retrospective next year was announced at a press briefing in New York

Coming up at Christie’s and estimated at around $4m, the sketch given to neighbours who doused the fire and saved the Van Gogh family home and collection in 1941

At least 28 paintings, out of around 35 known works by the artist, will go to Amsterdam next year

The definitive biography is now published in English—with a fresh explanation as to why the Sunflowers came to London

The 1983 National Heritage Act was debated in the House of Lords—but the issue of reform will be further discussed ahead of its 40-year anniversary in May 2023

The orchard blossom scene, from the collection of Microsoft founder Paul Allen, is being sold by Christie’s

From Cezanne's love of Provence at Tate Modern to cracking the Ancient Egyptian code at the British Museum

The London viewing gallery will open next year

The downgrading follows a study of the six paintings in the museum's collection thought to be by the Dutch master, which are now the subject of an exhibition detailing the findings

Klimt discovered Van Gogh in 1903—and took inspiration from the Dutch painter for his early landscapes

The UK's 15 nationally funded museums have seen visitor numbers drop by over a third compared to June 2019, thanks in large part to the pandemic. They are now facing price rises, with government support still unclear

The Bathers drew protests in 1964 when London's National Gallery bought it for £475,000 and there were fears it would be vandalised

Westminster Abbey, which is directly under the monarch’s jurisdiction, currently refuses to return the holy tablet

London exhibition will also include Cézannes once owned by artists such as Monet, Gauguin, Matisse and Picasso

US collectors and museums came late to Vincent’s paintings, yet eventually amassed the finest works outside the Netherlands—plus a few embarrassing fakes

And who were the brave collectors, way ahead of their time?

Ahead of Tate Modern’s Cézanne blockbuster exhibition, we investigate the two artists' links

Tate Modern and Southbank Centre will be open overnight to provide toilet facilities to those queueing to see the Queen's coffin

Museum’s director Tristram Hunt wants to loosen regulations on restituting artefacts seized by British forces in the 19th century

Highlight shows in Chicago, Paris and Amsterdam—plus a 50th birthday celebration for the Van Gogh Museum

Britain’s longest-serving monarch died at Balmoral, her private estate in Aberdeenshire. During her reign she oversaw the opening up of the Royal Collection to the public and to art history

Analysis of The Milkmaid ahead of a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum suggests he worked much faster than previously assumed

Plus, the £50m Joshua Reynolds painting and Michael Heizer’s City

The story of an unknown register of patients is in my “Starry Night” book, out in paperback this month

If the purchase is successful it will be one of the most expensive works ever bought by a UK museum

The National Gallery of Art has carried out scientific tests on the works, finding fascinating discoveries beneath the paint

The x-ray will be displayed in a lightbox in the forthcoming exhibition A Taste for Impressionism at National Galleries of Scotland

Barry Joule disputes gallery’s claim that trove of sketches and documents, which he donated, was "unsuitable for retention"