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Is a Van Gogh self-portrait hidden in a London attic?
An intriguing letter suggests that Vincent made a very unusual sale to England
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Want to buy a Van Gogh? Sotheby’s has four works with (relatively) modest estimates
Unseen for 25 years, they all come from a very private American collector
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From surprising sales to emotional discoveries: the Van Gogh stories of 2019
The top exhibitions, books and auction news this year—plus the astonishing tale of the gun
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Two Van Goghs sold from the recovered hoard of an Italian fraudster
One painting was hidden in a Parma cellar, leading to the discovery of the Tanzi Treasure
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Ten myths about Vincent van Gogh
Why stories—from the mutilated ear to the eventual suicide—can distort our view of the art
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A good catch: The Mackerels now looks set to be authenticated as a genuine Van Gogh
The still life in Switzerland’s Reinhart collection was dismissed as a forgery
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Van Gogh's Sunflowers will leave London for over a year as Australian show is added to loan tour
Masterpiece from London's National Gallery is headed for Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia
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Where is the portrait of Dr Gachet? The mysterious disappearance of Van Gogh's most expensive painting
Frankfurt's Städel Museum put a detective journalist on the case
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Two Dutch museums join forces to buy rare, $3m Van Gogh painting at Sotheby's New York
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
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For sale: two Van Gogh paintings come up at Sotheby’s New York next week
One of the works was looted by the Nazis from Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker, but is now being sold by his heir after restitution
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Two Van Gogh exhibitions in a single week
After the Frankfurt show opens, another on still lifes comes to Potsdam—17 years after Germany’s last presentation on the artist
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Van Gogh and Germany: Frankfurt mounts best show on the artist in recent years
Städel Museum tells the story of Germany's love affair with the painter, which ended in tragedy with Hitler’s rise to power
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Methodical, well read and—above all—human: what we learn from the myth-busting edition of Van Gogh’s letters
A decade after the publication of Vincent's trove of correspondence, here is how the remarkable project has contributed to scholarship on his art
NewsAppointments
Emilie Gordenker appointed new general director of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum
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
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Arles to Tokyo: Van Gogh exhibitions in 2020 that Vincent aficionados won't want to miss
Detroit’s Van Gogh in America will be the highlight, with more major shows in Amsterdam, Padua, Santa Barbara and Columbus
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The artist whom Van Gogh most admired—and whose work fetched record prices
An exhibition on Millet opens in Amsterdam with the rare loan of The Angelus
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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
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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
ReviewBooks
'The guardian of Vincent’s legacy': new biography details devoted life of Van Gogh's sister-in-law Jo Bonger
Bonger's encounter with Trotsky and her tireless effort to preserve the artist's work are explored in the new book by Hans Luijten
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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
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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
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Millinery mix up: scholar says Van Gogh Museum has mistaken hatted portraits of Theo and Vincent
Major exhibition at the Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands will show latest research in the confusing identity saga as Amsterdam museum renames work
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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
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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
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Van Gogh’s gun, 'most famous weapon in art history', sells for €162,500
The discovery of the revolver suggests it was suicide, not murder
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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
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Gauguin blames Van Gogh over ear incident
Little known letter says he feared “a fatal and tragic accident”
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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
NewsArt market
Big but bland Impressionists lead Christie's sale, with new records for a peachy Cezanne and feline-filled Bonnard
Fresh material from big collections led the $399m New York auction, while mid-tier Monets primed the market for his $55m haystacks work at Sotheby's tonight
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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
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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
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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
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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
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Munch's angst-ridden prints at the British Museum to Van Gogh's love affair with the UK at Tate Britain
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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
ReviewExhibitions
Hockney-Van Gogh exhibition is ‘a tame,though colourful, bit of fluff’
The British artist dominates the Van Gogh Museum’s dubious doubleheader, which offers little to connect the pair
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What lies behind the auction of Van Gogh’s gun?
New details on “the most famous weapon in art history”
ReviewVideo, film & new media
Julian Schnabel’s Van Gogh film is moody and marvellous in spells—but gets two things crucially wrong
At Eternity’s Gate, based on the Dutch artist’s life, is released in the UK today
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Mystery of Van Gogh’s love affair in London
Did the Dutch artist fall for his Brixton landlady or her daughter?
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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
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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
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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
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How not to get stuck in a lift with David Hockney
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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
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Former Tate director's hidden tribute to Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
James Manson paid homage to the artist by painting his own bouquet
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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
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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
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Amsterdam Sunflowers will never again travel
Conservators are concerned over Van Gogh’s still life, which went to over 80 exhibitions after the war
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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
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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
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National Gallery in London to send Van Gogh's Sunflowers to Japan
Exhibition with 60 other loans from the museum will help celebrate the Tokyo Olympics in 2020
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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
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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
AnalysisThe Year In Review
From counting muddles to collective cuddles: the art world's highs and lows of 2018
The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget
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Van Gogh's portrait of a prostitute coming up for sale
Christie’s, more discreetly, entitles it “Portrait de femme”
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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
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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
NewsControversies
Smoking pipe, razor and revolver removed from Van Gogh sculpture in London's Brixton
Controversial items relating to the artist's life were scrapped from original design over fears they could be linked to drug, knife and gun crime
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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
NewsArt market
Top lots go unsold at New York's Impressionist and Modern sales, proving a discerning but 'not doomsday' market
Monet carries Christie's evening sale while a Magritte shines at Sotheby's, marking an auction record for the Surrealist painter
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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
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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
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Van Gogh self-portrait—almost sold by cash-strapped Detroit—will be star of major show on the artist and America in 2020
Sale was stopped at last minute after city received financial support from Michigan
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Revealed: must-see Van Gogh exhibitions, part one—2019
Shows planned for Houston, London, Amsterdam and Den Bosch next year
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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
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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
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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
NewsPodcast
Van Gogh’s postman didn't deliver: how Samuel Courtauld swapped portrait for famous Sunflowers
In this week’s podcast, hear how the British collector changed his mind and acquired the National Gallery's star attraction
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Mystery identity of Van Gogh’s 'gardener' solved
New research reveals name of man in the artist’s finest asylum portrait
NewsPodcast
Does Van Gogh's Starry, Starry Night feature the Milky, Milky Way?
On our latest podcast, we explore how a modern reconstruction of the night sky in June 1889 shed light on the artist's late masterpiece
Podcast
Van Gogh in the asylum. Plus, Christian Marclay on The Clock
Our correspondent Martin Bailey and art historian Martin Gayford talk about Van Gogh's time at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole and Christian Marclay tells us about his ground-breaking work The Clock. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
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Vincent the baker? Van Gogh's possible careers
His family also suggested that he become an accountant or a barber