
Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper's long-standing correspondent and expert on the Dutch painter. Published on Fridays, stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist, to scholarly pieces based on meticulous investigations and discoveries.
Explore all of Martin’s adventures with Van Gogh here.
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Uncovered: Van Gogh's first art teacher
First photo discovered of Anna Birnie, of Scottish descent, who served as a young governess for eight-year-old Vincent
Not just a tortured soul: new show shines light on Van Gogh's humour and friendships
Den Bosch exhibition features rarely exhibited documents revealing the artist's personal relationships
New discoveries: Paul Signac painted watercolours of Van Gogh’s asylum
Signac, who offered to fight a duel over the Sunflowers, pays homage to his Dutch friend
Van Gogh's suicide: Ten reasons why the murder story is a myth
All the evidence suggests it was the artist who fired the fatal shot
How a concierge restored 200 Van Gogh paintings, including the Sunflowers
The astonishing tale of Jan Traas, a caretaker and intern conservator in the 1920s, who later worked on Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring
A once-in-a-lifetime look behind Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
The Van Gogh Museum’s masterpiece has suffered from a 1960s restoration which involved the insertion of three long metal bolts
Van Gogh’s astonishing week in the asylum, 130 years ago—when he painted an olive grove and a starry night
By coincidence, both pictures ended up at New York’s MoMA, which is now planning a redisplay
Gauguin blames Van Gogh over ear incident
Little known letter says he feared “a fatal and tragic accident” in the Yellow House
An insider’s travel guide to Van Gogh's Arles
Follow in the artist’s footsteps and discover the places that inspired his greatest paintings
Gauguin exhibitions in Ottawa and London will feature tributes to Van Gogh
Tahitian still lifes of sunflowers are surrogate portraits of his Yellow House friend
Van Gogh's correspondence about famed Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta unearthed
Largely overlooked postscript suggests surprise friendship between the Van Gogh brothers and the young Belgian
Virtually unseen Van Gogh painting comes up for sale in New York next week
Christie’s values the Japanese-influenced picture of the asylum garden at $25m
Theo van Gogh is identified in mystery drawing now on show in London
Lucien Pissarro’s sketch in Tate Britain exhibition is the only depiction of the two brothers together
Exclusive: Van Gogh’s prostitute lover committed suicide—just as predicted
My new book recounts the untold tragedy of how Sien Hoornik drowned herself in a Rotterdam canal
Two stolen Van Goghs go back on display after 14-year ordeal at the hands of Italian gangsters
Conservation at the Amsterdam museum has revealed a fake Vincent signature on the genuine seascape
I held the gun that probably killed Van Gogh—and here is its story
The revolver discovered by a farmer in an Auvers field comes up for auction on 19 June
What lies behind the auction of Van Gogh’s gun?
New details on “the most famous weapon in art history”
Mystery of Van Gogh’s love affair in London
Did the Dutch artist fall for his Brixton landlady or her daughter?
Fake no more: poppy painting in US museum is by Van Gogh—and has a surprise under the surface
Still life at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut, is authenticated after decades hidden in storage
Discoveries under the floorboards of Van Gogh’s bedroom in Brixton
Mysterious papers were found during the restoration of the south London house in Hackford Road where the Dutchman lodged
The astonishing life of Johan van Gogh: Vincent's great-nephew dies aged 96
A tribute to Theo van Gogh’s grandson, who served in the Dutch secret service
These are the two Van Goghs that David Hockney dreams of hanging in his bedroom
British artist's exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum opens this week
Revealed: Van Gogh’s English friend in Antwerp, Emslie Horniman
Memories of the artist from the son of the founder of London’s Horniman Museum uncovered in archival letters
Former Tate director's hidden tribute to Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
James Manson paid homage to the Dutch artist by painting his own bouquet
How Van Gogh's Sunflowers have inspired generations of British artists
Painters from Brangwyn to Nash paid homage to the masterpiece, all illustrated on the Art UK site
San Francisco’s Van Gogh is the real deal
The still life of fruit and chestnuts, until recently dismissed as a fake, was painted in Paris
Amsterdam Sunflowers will never again travel
Conservators are concerned over Van Gogh’s still life, which went to over 80 exhibitions after the war
Who painted the mystery nude in the Van Gogh brothers' collection?
Museum specialist believes he has uncovered the identity of the artist—and his voluptuous muse
Van Gogh’s most important painting leaves Europe for the first time
National Gallery’s Sunflowers heads to Japan where it is likely to be seen by around a million people
The most important Van Gogh discoveries, exhibitions, sales and books of 2018
From the discovery of a Montmartre drawing to a $40m sale at Christie's