In an extraordinary scene, reminiscent of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Vincent’s skull was held aloft and moved in 1905

Long assumed to be Vincent’s final painting, this foreboding scene is also full of life

Arrested in Dubai, the story of Mafia suspect Raffaele Imperiale confirms long-suspected links between the drugs trade and art theft

One has been always been hidden away in private collections and will fetch a fortune when it emerges; the other was destroyed by an American bomb

From a brothel garden to Nazi leader Hermann Göring’s fake—all part of the sunflower story

Monet asked how the artist who made this exuberant masterpiece could possibly be unhappy—and a century later it became the most expensive work at auction

The story of Le Pont de Trinquetaille—with the young female mudlark and the ruffians from the red-light district

“Tall, dark, rather handsome”, his description of Gauguin in Breton garb

Vincent describes his artist friend as having the “instincts of a wild beast”

The Hollywood star, who died last week aged 103, became famous for his portrayal of the "tortured artist"

Why stories—from the mutilated ear to the eventual suicide—can distort our view of the art

One of the works was looted by the Nazis from Jewish collector Jacques Goudstikker, but is now being sold by his heir after restitution

All the evidence suggests it was the artist who fired the fatal shot

Fresh material from big collections led the $399m New York auction, while mid-tier Monets primed the market for his $55m haystacks work at Sotheby's tonight

Christie’s values the Japanese-influenced picture of the asylum garden at $25m

Conservation at the Amsterdam museum has revealed a fake Vincent signature on the genuine seascape

Museum specialist believes he has uncovered the identity of the artist—and his voluptuous muse

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