Adventures with Van Gogh
Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, our long-standing correspondent and expert on the artist. Published every Friday, his stories will range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist to scholarly pieces based on his own meticulous investigations and discoveries. © Martin Bailey
Nine Van Gogh 'fakes' that have emerged as the real thing
The Oslo self-portrait and other paintings have been authenticated by the artist’s museum
Is a Van Gogh self-portrait hidden in a London attic?
An intriguing letter suggests that Vincent made a very unusual sale to England
Want to buy a Van Gogh? Sotheby’s has four works with (relatively) modest estimates
Unseen for 25 years, they all come from a very private American collector
From surprising sales to emotional discoveries: the Van Gogh stories of 2019
The top exhibitions, books and auction news this year—plus the astonishing tale of the gun
Two Van Goghs sold from the recovered hoard of an Italian fraudster
One painting was hidden in a Parma cellar, leading to the discovery of the Tanzi Treasure
Ten myths about Vincent van Gogh
Why stories—from the mutilated ear to the eventual suicide—can distort our view of the art
A good catch: The Mackerels now looks set to be authenticated as a genuine Van Gogh
The still life in Switzerland’s Reinhart collection was dismissed as a forgery
How London’s Kew Gardens connects Van Gogh and Gauguin—and the monster flower that caught the latter's imagination
In Tahiti, years later, Gauguin recalled the flower which stinks of rotting flesh
Where is the portrait of Dr Gachet? The mysterious disappearance of Van Gogh's most expensive painting
Frankfurt's Städel Museum put a detective journalist on the case
For sale: two Van Gogh paintings come up at Sotheby’s New York next week
One of the works was looted by the Nazis from Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker, but is now being sold by his heir after restitution
Two Van Gogh exhibitions in a single week
After the Frankfurt show opens, another on still lifes comes to Potsdam—17 years after Germany’s last presentation on the artist
Van Gogh and Germany: Frankfurt mounts best show on the artist in recent years
Städel Museum tells the story of Germany's love affair with the painter, which ended in tragedy with Hitler’s rise to power
Methodical, well read and—above all—human: what we learn from the myth-busting edition of Van Gogh’s letters
A decade after the publication of Vincent's trove of correspondence, here is how the remarkable project has contributed to scholarship on his art
Arles to Tokyo: Van Gogh exhibitions in 2020 that Vincent aficionados won't want to miss
Detroit’s Van Gogh in America will be the highlight, with more major shows in Amsterdam, Padua, Santa Barbara and Columbus
The artist whom Van Gogh most admired—and whose work fetched record prices
An exhibition on Millet opens in Amsterdam with the rare loan of The Angelus
Uncovered: Van Gogh's first art teacher
First photo discovered of Anna Birnie, of Scottish descent, who served as a young governess for eight-year-old Vincent
Not just a tortured soul: new show shines light on Van Gogh's humour and friendships
Den Bosch exhibition features rarely exhibited documents revealing the artist's personal relationships
New discoveries: Paul Signac painted watercolours of Van Gogh’s asylum
Signac, who offered to fight a duel over the Sunflowers, pays homage to his Dutch friend
Van Gogh's suicide: Ten reasons why the murder story is a myth
All the evidence suggests it was the artist who fired the fatal shot
How a concierge restored 200 Van Gogh paintings, including the Sunflowers
The astonishing tale of Jan Traas, a caretaker and intern conservator in the 1920s, who later worked on Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring
A once-in-a-lifetime look behind Van Gogh’s Sunflowers
The Van Gogh Museum’s masterpiece has suffered from a 1960s restoration which involved the insertion of three long metal bolts
Van Gogh’s astonishing week in the asylum, 130 years ago—when he painted an olive grove and a starry night
By coincidence, both pictures ended up at New York’s MoMA, which is now planning a redisplay
Gauguin blames Van Gogh over ear incident
Little known letter says he feared “a fatal and tragic accident” in the Yellow House
An insider’s travel guide to Van Gogh's Arles
Follow in the artist’s footsteps and discover the places that inspired his greatest paintings
Gauguin exhibitions in Ottawa and London will feature tributes to Van Gogh
Tahitian still lifes of sunflowers are surrogate portraits of his Yellow House friend
Van Gogh's correspondence about famed Art Nouveau architect Victor Horta unearthed
Largely overlooked postscript suggests surprise friendship between the Van Gogh brothers and the young Belgian
Virtually unseen Van Gogh painting comes up for sale in New York next week
Christie’s values the Japanese-influenced picture of the asylum garden at $25m
Theo van Gogh is identified in mystery drawing now on show in London
Lucien Pissarro’s sketch in Tate Britain exhibition is the only depiction of the two brothers together
Exclusive: Van Gogh’s prostitute lover committed suicide—just as predicted
My new book recounts the untold tragedy of how Sien Hoornik drowned herself in a Rotterdam canal
Two stolen Van Goghs go back on display after 14-year ordeal at the hands of Italian gangsters
Conservation at the Amsterdam museum has revealed a fake Vincent signature on the genuine seascape