“Moored Boats”, the “gem in the crown of the Bourbon collection”, will be auctioned in Hong Kong

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

The artist’s idiosyncratic terms for two sitters—lover and poet—inspired the theme of the 60-work exhibition

Plus, Kerry James Marshall blockbuster to take over the main RA galleries next autumn

As Vincent wrote to his brother, “life happens … in the garden, it isn’t so sad”

The climate catastrophe has been brought to the forefront of the public mind without causing serious harm to the targeted works, says John Paul Stonard

The author Michael Lobel argues that Vincent was more focused on industrial pollution

At today’s prices, few museums are able to purchase paintings by Vincent—the artist who failed to sell his own work

After almost two years, the case has been dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction, so the work will remain at the Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo

His purple flowers have now faded to blue, as revealed during research for a Getty exhibition in October

A highly personal still-life painting featuring a pot, milk jug and cups offers an insight into daily life in the Yellow House

Bacon believed the Dutch artist deformed reality “to make it more real”

Fluttering butterflies enliven the greenery, but also remind us of the transience of life

A new biography reveals that the director of the Kröller-Müller Museum had earlier acquired eight Van Goghs for his personal collection—and he may have sold the finest one to Hitler’s deputy, Hermann Göring

The optimistic April paintings were produced at an extremely challenging time for the artist

They include an Amsterdam townscape painted an hour or so before the artist visited the newly opened museum in 1885

It is almost certain, and this could well be a reason behind Vincent’s suicide

Vincent borrowed a casserole from his brother’s kitchen for the painting, which has just been acquired by Rotterdam’s art museum

It’s not only the art, but also his extraordinary life story

Plus, Angelica Kauffman at London’s Royal Academy and Matthew Wong’s response to a lost Van Gogh

The exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum will highlight the shared aesthetics and sensibilities between the two artists—while also making clear what sets them apart

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum this week publishes a catalogue focused on Bernard‘s rarely seen drawings featuring prostitution and sexual allegories

Research reveals that the artist began the work as a winter scene and transformed it into a spring landscape

Woman Sewing was inspired by a soulful English poem, “The Song of the Shirt”

The portrait of Gordina, whom Vincent was accused of getting pregnant, is worth around £5m

The playful creature—painted while the artists were living in the Yellow House—has crept out of hiding after more than 100 years

There will be other exhibitions in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Taiwan—plus a topical book and a plethora of immersive experiences

Other highlights include the dramatic recovery of a stolen painting and an astonishing donation

But did Vincent really wear a hat fringed with candles when he was working?

The French artist tried to rewrite history, just months before his death