Martin Bailey
Victoria and Albert Museum's ambitious east London storehouse is finally complete
The Art Newspaper goes on an exclusive tour around the building which will open to the public in 2025
Why is Van Gogh so popular?
An in-depth interview with the director of the Van Gogh Museum, Emilie Gordenker, on its 50th anniversary
Van Gogh’s cypresses are the focus of an exhibition opening at the Met in New York
How the flamelike trees came to rival the sunflowers as a signature motif
British Museum drops reference to the Rosetta Stone from title of major refurbishment plans
Move may reflect sensitivities around the museum's possession of the ancient Egyptian object
Inspired by the Seine: an ambitious exhibition with Van Gogh’s Parisian landscapes opens in Chicago
Only one photograph of Vincent as an adult survives, drinking at a riverside café—but he turns his back on the camera
'Girl with a Pearl Earring' reexamined in 100 billion pixels: discoveries from the Vermeer symposium in Amsterdam
Experts from around the world have revealed fascinating new information about the Dutch Old Master and his works
Declassified documents on Parthenon Marbles reveal rift between UK government and British Museum
Foreign Office was dismissive of the museum's attempts to lobby for the contested sculptures in 1983
Van Gogh’s last paintings go on show in Amsterdam and Paris
The two exhibitions are the first to highlight the artist’s productive final months in Auvers
Van Gogh’s spectacular output: 60 paintings in six weeks, but he could not sell them
Amsterdam exhibition reveals more about Vincent’s final days in Auvers
The Met's Vermeer may contain a hidden self-portrait of the artist at work
X-ray technology has revealed that a hidden man in the background of 'A Maid Asleep' is holding a paintbrush
A Van Gogh Montmartre scene with sunflowers is coming up at Sotheby’s—and could fetch $30m
Looted by the Nazis, after the war it was returned to the Rothschild family
The three top Van Gogh exhibitions of the year all open this May
Shows in Amsterdam, Chicago and New York break new ground, presenting the artist’s finest work done on the outskirts of Paris and in Provence
Where is Edward Bawden’s monumental painting Country Life? UK trust launches search for missing masterpiece
Jacob Rothschild’s Waddesdon Manor wants to track down the massive mural created for the 1951 Festival of Britain
Van Gogh was an early admirer of Vermeer: 'celestial blues and yellows.. I can’t paint as beautifully as that'
And a surprise: Vincent’s brother Theo helped sell two paintings by the Delft master
British Museum returns Oceanic sculpture to Polynesia—for three years
Admired by Henry Moore and Picasso, A'a has just gone on show at Tahiti's main museum
Van Gogh's thwarted dream: a painting by the artist blocked from display in a French café
A plan to show the €75m “Garden at Auvers” in the village inn where the artist died has been halted at the last minute, although hopefully temporarily
Does the Philadelphia Museum of Art hold an unknown Vermeer?
Expert says he discovered two paint pigments that were only used in that combination by the Dutch Old Master at the time
How Van Gogh’s drawing skills were once trumped by a 16-year-old girl
Discovered: a sketch by a pastor’s daughter, who sat beside Van Gogh when they both depicted a woman peeling potatoes
Joshua Reynolds’s 'Portrait of Mai'—previously known as Omai—to be jointly acquired by the National Portrait Gallery and Getty Museum
The "icon of British portraiture" will be shown alternately between London and Los Angeles
Covid-era booking systems may be putting off visitors to UK museums
Mixed messages and time slotted tickets could be deterring some people
Two years on, London museums are still missing visitors—what's happened?
For the capital’s museums, historically so reliant on international tourists, recovery from the pandemic has been slow
How Van Gogh’s 'Terrace of a Café at Night'—with its starry sky—was inspired by a friend’s painting
The work’s dramatic colour contrast echoes a Parisian street scene by Louis Anquetin, now on show at London’s National Gallery
Arts minister extends export ban (again) to help save Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Omai
The export deferral on the famed painting has been extended to 10 June, giving London’s National Portrait Gallery a few more weeks to work out a deal, possibly with the Getty
Van Gogh stars in 'After Impressionism' show at London's National Gallery
Loans include four rarely seen paintings from private collections, with a major rediscovery
Half of Van Gogh’s most expensive paintings have sold to Chinese collectors
The burgeoning growth of the East Asian market pushes up prices for the artist’s work
Van Gogh painted his lyrical Almond Blossom to herald the coming of spring
This picture was given to hang above his two-week-old nephew’s crib—and later survived raucous pillow fights
The hunt for as many as nine elusive Vermeer paintings continues
As the Rijksmuseum's once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster brings together an unprecedented number of works by the Old Master, paintings including a self-portrait are still missing
The Van Gogh phenomenon: our top ten most popular stories on the artist
After 200 posts of the "Adventures with Van Gogh" blog, an intriguing look back at the most-read posts
Could a deal with Getty Centre in Los Angeles save Joshua Reynolds’s Portrait of Omai for the UK?
As the painting’s export licence is due to expire, the Californian museum might step in to help keep it in the UK
Even restituted artefacts—like Benin bronzes—need export licences from UK, says arts minister
Formal requirement for government licences may well prove to be yet another obstacle to a loan agreement for the Parthenon Marbles