Martin Bailey

6 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey

The British Museum’s exhibition on the Japanese master printmaker Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) will include Van Gogh’s own copy of a print which he used in a painting in homage. Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road (1 May-7 September) is to showcase the work of one of the 19th-century’s greatest Japanese artists, with over 100 prints (many from the American collector Alan Medaugh).

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey |David D'Arcy

London’s Imperial War Museum owns a highly sensitive painting: one of the most important official portraits of Adolf Hitler, a work by the Nazi artist Heinrich Knirr. Last month The Art Newspaper viewed the work, which is currently off view and held on a rack in the museum’s art storeroom. In 1937 the Nazis entitled the portrait Adolf Hitler, Creator of the Third Reich and Renewer of German Art. Today, the museum now simply calls it Der Führer (The Leader).

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey

Vincent van Gogh had conflicting emotions when he heard that his brother Theo had got engaged to Jo Bonger in December 1888. The two brothers were very close and he was delighted that Theo had found happiness. But it was this very closeness that created problems: Vincent was dependent on his brother and feared that he would lose his financial and emotional support. The wedding took place on 18 April 1889, so next week marks the anniversary.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey

Evidence of 17th-century air pollution has helped date a rare Vermeer painting. Conservation of Young Woman seated at a Virginal has revealed the presence of feldspar particles between layers of paint. These deposits probably came from the production of Delftware ceramics in the artist’s home town. The newly conserved Young Woman seated at a Virginal has just gone on display in an exhibition of the collection of the American entrepreneur Thomas Kaplan.

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey

Most Van Gogh paintings in public collections are just where you might expect to see them, in major art galleries and the museum devoted to the artist in Amsterdam. But there are some pictures which have ended up in surprising or unexpected places. Here, we single out nine. Many are off the beaten track, so do check that the Van Goghs will be on display before travelling. And, as explained in entry number nine, you would be very lucky to see Cairo’s Van Gogh.