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The culture minister is calling for a new, world-class space for the national collection, currently housed in three locations in Reykjavik
The museum is preparing to open a major new building in the heart of the Polish capital
With the Royal Academy the only UK institution now teaching connoisseurship, too many students of art history are missing out on learning an important skill
The Art History Now project sees over 90 big names share new reflections on what art history means to them
The gallery's curators reveal the role played by living artists and women in building the institution’s all-embracing character over the past 200 years
The recent research also suggests that the famous Italian landmark was part of a broader building programme
Bacon believed the Dutch artist deformed reality “to make it more real”
Fluttering butterflies enliven the greenery, but also remind us of the transience of life
ROCI project was seen in ten countries in the 1980s including the Soviet Union and Cuba
A new biography reveals that the director of the Kröller-Müller Museum had earlier acquired eight Van Goghs for his personal collection—and he may have sold the finest one to Hitler’s deputy, Hermann Göring
Kojiro Matsukata’s still life was destroyed in a London fire and his “Van Gogh’s Bedroom” was seized during the Second World War
The optimistic April paintings were produced at an extremely challenging time for the artist
It is almost certain, and this could well be a reason behind Vincent’s suicide
Vincent borrowed a casserole from his brother’s kitchen for the painting, which has just been acquired by Rotterdam’s art museum
A new exhibition in Amsterdam explores how the Old Master's paintings and drawings were inspired and informed by the art of acting
The gallery couldn’t afford the price, of just under £20,000
Fifteen art capitals are captured at their brilliant apogee in Caroline Campbell's book
The portrait of Gordina, whom Vincent was accused of getting pregnant, is worth around £5m
Other highlights include the dramatic recovery of a stolen painting and an astonishing donation
Omitted from the 1920s book, next September the masterpiece will star in a London blockbuster on Vincent’s art of Provence
The French artist tried to rewrite history, just months before his death
Vincent felt that the café he painted was where you could “ruin yourself, go mad, commit crimes”
The Italian filmmaker—and occasional painter—was scathing about Picasso but delighted in Caravaggio
It may have been near the inn where he stayed—not in a more distant wheatfield
We spotlight eight paintings in the London show that Vincent singled out for special praise
Royal Collection curators checked provenance records and pigments, tracing the work to Queen Henrietta Maria
The first exhibition on Vincent’s visit to Drenthe, where art consoled him after a failed love affair
It's 150 years since Vincent moved to Brixton, where he fell in love
Anna Boch is celebrated with an ambitious exhibition, opening in Ostend
