Vincent van Gogh, the brilliant but troubled Dutch impressionist painter, severed his left ear after a "blazing row" with fellow artist Paul Gaugin in Arles, France, on this day in history, Dec. 23, ...

Vincent van Gogh's profound insight, 'If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now,' highlights that true value ...

On March 15, 1901, the Bernheim-Jeune gallery put on display a massive collection of 71 paintings by the late Vincent van Gogh. This event was actually his first-ever retrospective exhibit. Van Gogh ...

Everyone knows the tragic artist Vincent van Gogh. But not many know that he got this status thanks to Johanna Bonger, his ...

French officials will reconvene in September to discuss the matter.

Jo van Gogh-Bonger (1862–1925), one of art history’s most quietly influential figures, will be the subject of an exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum, the institution named after her brother-in-law, the ...

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum is no stranger to art theft. In 1991 the museum fell prey to a heist that resulted in twenty paintings being taken from its premises, including Wheatfield with Crows and ...

Ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a king’s body ensured his ascent among the gods. The preserved corpse — called the Ach (Egyptian for “shining” or “spirit”) — entered a sarcophagus ...