The Danish specialist Ittai Gradel, who first raised alarm about thefts of antiquities from the London museum, and earlier returned 61 gems bought separately on eBay, approached the Thorvaldsens Museum to help in repatriating a second, larger set of stolen pieces

The optimistic April paintings were produced at an extremely challenging time for the artist

They include an Amsterdam townscape painted an hour or so before the artist visited the newly opened museum in 1885

These works deceive readers, giving a false impression about 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

The Art Newspaper has uncovered new details about the subject of the artist's 1881 painting

"One of the most challenging issues I've faced”, says museum director Alex Farquharson on dealing with the controversial 1927 artwork

An American almost bought the painting for London’s National Gallery in 1924—but it sold to a French buyer and is now coming to the UK on loan

Musée d’Orsay brings together works by Monet, Renoir, Degas and others first seen in a landmark 1874 exhibition

It’s not only the art, but also his extraordinary life story

Ethiopian Heritage Authority asked to contact vendor to request restitution of battle trophy taken following British expeditionary force's punitive siege of Maqdala in 1868

The gallery couldn’t afford the price, of just under £20,000

Emergency repairs are being made to several galleries, just over a year after Assyrian reliefs were threatened by serious condensation

An export licence has now been deferred a second time to allow the UK museum to raise funds

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum this week publishes a catalogue focused on Bernard‘s rarely seen drawings featuring prostitution and sexual allegories

As a major exhibition on the Dutch Old Master opens at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, a divide has emerged among specialists over the total number of autograph works

Research reveals that the artist began the work as a winter scene and transformed it into a spring landscape

Disagreement centred over whether the painting, looted in 1868 and later sold to a private collector in Portugal, should be bought by the government and returned to Ethopia

Woman Sewing was inspired by a soulful English poem, “The Song of the Shirt”

The portrait of Moses surfaced in Paris in 2022 and will form part of a loan exhibition at Waddesdon Manor in March

The portrait of Gordina, whom Vincent was accused of getting pregnant, is worth around £5m

The 32 items held in the collections of the two UK museums were taken during wars in the 19th century

The playful creature—painted while the artists were living in the Yellow House—has crept out of hiding after more than 100 years

There will be other exhibitions in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Taiwan—plus a topical book and a plethora of immersive experiences

The 12th-century walrus ivory sculpture represents “one of the most culturally and aesthetically significant objects” the UK government’s reviewing committee has handled in the past five years

College chief faces double challenge of fundraising for renovation and diversifying the student body at the UK’s leading art institute

Other highlights include the dramatic recovery of a stolen painting and an astonishing donation

The shows to visit in London, New York, Los Angeles, Basel and Paris

Minutes from trustee meetings dating back to spring of 2023 chronicle the internal agonising before the energy giant’s sponsorship was ultimately accepted