From the discovery of a Montmartre drawing to a $40m sale at Christie's

Criminally insane visitor attacked the self-portrait at the Van Gogh Museum

The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget

Christie’s, more discreetly, entitles it “Portrait de femme”

The childhood image that was assumed to be of Vincent is now believed to depict his brother Theo

Exhibition of 120 works will reveal a shared fascination with nature, bold use of colour and experimentation with perspective

Controversial items relating to the artist's life were scrapped from original design over fears they could be linked to drug, knife and gun crime

As well as Brixton, Anthony Padgett’s works will go to Isleworth, Ramsgate, Welwyn, the Borinage, Nuenen and Arles

Monet carries Christie's evening sale while a Magritte shines at Sotheby's, marking an auction record for the Surrealist painter

Back during Tate’s 1947 exhibition, loan arrangements were more casual

We release details of Detroit exhibition on America’s love for the artist, plus others in Frankfurt, Potsdam, Santa Barbara and Columbus

Sale was stopped at last minute after city received financial support from Michigan

Shows planned for Houston, London, Amsterdam and Den Bosch next year

The image—in the collection of London's National Portrait Gallery—shows a confident Charles Obach, compared to one of an ill-at-ease Vincent

Now being sold by a London-based collector at Christie's New York, the work will probably go to Japan or China

Amsterdam show on the artist's Martinique trip also reveals Tate watercolour as a genuine work by Gauguin

In this week’s podcast, hear how the British collector changed his mind and acquired the National Gallery's star attraction

New research reveals name of man in the artist’s finest asylum portrait

On our latest podcast, we explore how a modern reconstruction of the night sky in June 1889 shed light on the artist's late masterpiece

Our correspondent Martin Bailey and art historian Martin Gayford talk about Van Gogh's time at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole and Christian Marclay tells us about his ground-breaking work The Clock. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

His family also suggested that he become an accountant or a barber

Julian Schnabel’s new film on Van Gogh is based on questionable assumptions

Vincent painted At Eternity’s Gate, the title of the film premiering in Venice, when he was at the asylum

The museum as well as the Mauritshuis in The Hague have stopped collaborating with the oil company by "mutual decision"

Van Gogh drawing had been folded in half in 1945 to fit inside a suitcase

A new blog by Martin Bailey

Roderic O’Conor and the Moderns: Between Paris and Pont-Aven opens at National Gallery of Ireland

New book argues that artist bought Japanese prints “not for pleasure but to deal in them”