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

Shock losses will have ramifications for the institution's ambitious masterplan, with sponsorship hanging in the balance

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

Anna Boch is celebrated with an ambitious exhibition, opening in Ostend

Plus, William Edmondson in Philadelphia and Zinzi Minott's Windrush 75 film in London

“Pictures within pictures” reveal more about life in the Yellow House

But Vincent was then shocked when Paul Gauguin’s painting arrived at the Yellow House

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

The monarch will likely face calls for the return of priceless objects that were seized by British military forces during 19th-century operations

Vincent and his brother Theo once considered the painting a failure—and it only got its name in the 1920s

The picture exudes spirituality, but after the artist shot himself, its priest refused to help bury him

The Art Newspaper goes on an exclusive tour around the building which will open to the public in 2025

An in-depth interview with the director of the Van Gogh Museum, Emilie Gordenker, on its 50th anniversary

How the flamelike trees came to rival the sunflowers as a signature motif

Move may reflect sensitivities around the museum's possession of the ancient Egyptian object

Only one photograph of Vincent as an adult survives, drinking at a riverside café—but he turns his back on the camera

Experts from around the world have revealed fascinating new information about the Dutch Old Master and his works

Foreign Office was dismissive of the museum's attempts to lobby for the contested sculptures in 1983

The two exhibitions are the first to highlight the artist’s productive final months in Auvers

Amsterdam exhibition reveals more about Vincent’s final days in Auvers

X-ray technology has revealed that a hidden man in the background of 'A Maid Asleep' is holding a paintbrush

Looted by the Nazis, after the war it was returned to the Rothschild family

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

Jacob Rothschild’s Waddesdon Manor wants to track down the massive mural created for the 1951 Festival of Britain

And a surprise: Vincent’s brother Theo helped sell two paintings by the Delft master

Admired by Henry Moore and Picasso, A'a has just gone on show at Tahiti's main museum

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

Expert says he discovered two paint pigments that were only used in that combination by the Dutch Old Master at the time

Discovered: a sketch by a pastor’s daughter, who sat beside Van Gogh when they both depicted a woman peeling potatoes

The "icon of British portraiture" will be shown alternately between London and Los Angeles