A three-volume set of The Letters of Edgar Degas—including ten with references to the Van Gogh brothers—is due to be published in April

The UK artist is on the hunt for the Parisian restaurant scene, now with a secretive Texan collector

Peasant Woman in front of a Farmhouse, once sold in a farmyard auction for £4, sold to a private collector

New York’s Hammer Galleries has priced the Paris park scene at $10m-$12m

The Albertina mounts a display of the Hahnlosers' relatively unknown treasures

Japanese government instructs national art museums to close for two weeks — shutting the door on London’s National Gallery travelling show, on the eve of opening

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

Why stories—from the mutilated ear to the eventual suicide—can distort our view of the art

The still life in Switzerland’s Reinhart collection was dismissed as a forgery

Masterpiece from London's National Gallery is headed for Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia

Frankfurt's Städel Museum put a detective journalist on the case

Work acquired by Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Drents Museum in Assen is one of few to survive from the artist's visit to Drenthe

One of the works was looted by the Nazis from Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker, but is now being sold by his heir after restitution

After the Frankfurt show opens, another on still lifes comes to Potsdam—17 years after Germany’s last presentation on the artist

Städel Museum tells the story of Germany's love affair with the painter, which ended in tragedy with Hitler’s rise to power

A decade after the publication of Vincent's trove of correspondence, here is how the remarkable project has contributed to scholarship on his art

The current director of the Mauritshuis in The Hague is taking over from Axel Rüger who now leads the Royal Academy of Arts in London

Detroit’s Van Gogh in America will be the highlight, with more major shows in Amsterdam, Padua, Santa Barbara and Columbus

An exhibition on Millet opens in Amsterdam with the rare loan of The Angelus

First photo discovered of Anna Birnie, of Scottish descent, who served as a young governess for eight-year-old Vincent