Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries. © Martin Bailey
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
Revealed online for the first time: photograph showing Van Gogh painting slashed in 1978
Criminally insane visitor attacked the self-portrait at the Van Gogh Museum
Van Gogh's portrait of a prostitute coming up for sale
Christie’s, more discreetly, entitles it “Portrait de femme”
Mistaken identity: new discovery means there is only one known photograph of Vincent van Gogh
The childhood image that was assumed to be of Vincent is now believed to depict his brother Theo
Amsterdam show to explore Van Gogh’s influence on Hockney
Exhibition of 120 works will reveal a shared fascination with nature, bold use of colour and experimentation with perspective
Van Gogh sculpture unveiled outside the London lodgings where he fell in love
As well as Brixton, Anthony Padgett’s works will go to Isleworth, Ramsgate, Welwyn, the Borinage, Nuenen and Arles
When the National Gallery used a London taxi to move a Van Gogh painting
Back during Tate’s 1947 exhibition, loan arrangements were more casual
Revealed: must-see Van Gogh exhibitions, part two—2019-21
We release details of Detroit exhibition on America’s love for the artist, plus others in Frankfurt, Potsdam, Santa Barbara and Columbus
Revealed: must-see Van Gogh exhibitions, part one—2019
Shows planned for Houston, London, Amsterdam and Den Bosch next year
Newly discovered photograph depicts the man who got Van Gogh fired as an art dealer
The image—in the collection of London's National Portrait Gallery—shows a confident Charles Obach, compared to one of an ill-at-ease Vincent
Van Gogh's garden painting set to make $40m auction record for Paris period
Now being sold by a London-based collector at Christie's New York, the work will probably go to Japan or China
Gauguin’s kitten reappears in Van Gogh’s Yellow House
Amsterdam show on the artist's Martinique trip also reveals Tate watercolour as a genuine work by Gauguin
How Van Gogh's Starry Night was inspired by Hokusai’s Great Wave
A great admirer of Japanese prints, the whorls of brushstrokes in Vincent's night sky could have been partly suggested by a turbulent sea
Mystery identity of Van Gogh’s 'gardener' solved
New research reveals name of man in the artist’s finest asylum portrait
Vincent the baker? Van Gogh's possible careers
His family also suggested that he become an accountant or a barber