Martin Bailey
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down with immediate effect
Fischer, who was set to leave his position next year, made the decision to go now amid the scandal surrounding the theft of objects from the museum's collection
The inside job: what the thefts mean for the British Museum's future plans for the collection
Shock losses will have ramifications for the institution's ambitious masterplan, with sponsorship hanging in the balance
Joshua Reynolds’s 'Portrait of Mai' could visit its Polynesian homeland
The painting of the striking Polynesian man, recently bought jointly by London's National Portrait Gallery and the J. Paul Getty Museum, may travel to the South Pacific to be shown in Tahiti
In the spotlight: the only collector who bought a Van Gogh during Vincent’s lifetime
Anna Boch is celebrated with an ambitious exhibition, opening in Ostend
London's National Portrait Gallery's revamp: the review
Plus, William Edmondson in Philadelphia and Zinzi Minott's Windrush 75 film in London
What paintings did Van Gogh hang above his bed?
“Pictures within pictures” reveal more about life in the Yellow House
How Van Gogh inspired his artist friends to exchange self-portraits
But Vincent was then shocked when Paul Gauguin’s painting arrived at the Yellow House
How to see every painting by Johannes Vermeer
Missed the blockbuster show at the Rijksmuseum? Fear not, we present an insider’s guide to seeing all his 36 paintings across the globe, from London and New York, to Braunschweig and Tokyo
King Charles’s ethical dilemma over looted objects in the Royal Collection
The monarch will likely face calls for the return of priceless objects that were seized by British military forces during 19th-century operations
Ten surprises about Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’
Vincent and his brother Theo once considered the painting a failure—and it only got its name in the 1920s
Van Gogh’s astonishingly bold painting of the church at Auvers, now on show in Amsterdam
The picture exudes spirituality, but after the artist shot himself, its priest refused to help bury him
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