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1 week ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
In early 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Vincent van Gogh’s nephew gave two of the artist’s drawings to the owner of a cheese business—in exchange for 35 packets of butter and a little meat. One of the drawings, Head of a Peasant Woman, left profile , will be offered at Sotheby’s on 25 June, estimated at £400,000-£600,000. This suggests that the pair of Van Goghs would now be worth around £1m.
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2 weeks ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
Van Gogh’s Bridge at Arles (Pont de Langlois) has just been examined in the Kröller-Müller Museum’s conservation studio, to confirm that it is in good enough condition to travel to an exhibition in Japan. It will be the centrepiece of a show that is to be presented in three Japanese cities in 2027. Bridge at Arles (March 1888) was one of the first landscape paintings done by Van Gogh after his arrival in Provence.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Martin Bailey
1 day agoFrom classical paintings and contemporary art in world-renowned museums to hidden gems in lesser known galleries, here are some of the world’s best art cities. Many travelers choose their holiday destinations based on the artistic and cultural scene and as a result, there’s been a surge of new …
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3 weeks ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
Few Londoners know Winfield House, which boasts the capital’s second largest garden (after Buckingham Palace), because it is behind tight security in Regent’s Park. Since 1946 it has been the residence of US ambassadors to the UK, accredited to the Court of St James’s. What is even less widely known is that, in the past, two ambassadors have brought their Van Gogh masterpieces with them to enhance the house's reception rooms: John Hay Whitney (1957-61) and Walter Annenberg (1969-74).
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4 weeks ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
An exhibition opening this weekend sets out to chart the influence of Van Gogh on Japanese art, a story little known outside the country. A Renewal of Passion: The Impact of Van Gogh (31 May-30 November) is at the Pola Museum of Art at Hakone, which is almost hidden on a forested mountainside 100 kilometres west of Tokyo. On entering the dramatic building visitors descend by a deep escalator into underground galleries.
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1 month ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
An exhibition opening this weekend focuses on one of the first female painters to have been deeply influenced by Van Gogh. Charley Toorop (1891-1955) was the daughter of the avant-garde Dutch artist Jan Toorop and his British wife Annie Hall. For Charley Toorop, discovering Van Gogh represented “the breakthrough to a new world”. Charley Toorop: Love for Van Gogh is at the Kröller-Müller Museum, in the east of the Netherlands (24 May-14 September).
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1 month ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
Gauguin’s final “self-portrait” is a fake, according to Fabrice Fourmanoir, a French researcher who lived for many years in French Polynesia. Following his investigation, the Kunstmuseum Basel has sent the painting for examination in its conservation studio. The technical results are expected by July. A Kunstmuseum spokesperson told The Art Newspaper that it is taking the attribution claim “very seriously”. The museum's Self-portrait was bequeathed to the museum in 1945.
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1 month ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
Hong Gyu Shin, now a New York-based gallery owner, became the first named Korean to purchase a Van Gogh when he acquired Head of a Peasant (January-March 1885) at Sotheby’s in May 2024. Shin paid $787,000 for the work—a bargain, since the estimate was £1.5m-$2.5m. Head of a Peasant has just gone on display in an exhibition of Shin’s collection in the city of Daejeon (south of Seoul), in the newly opened KAIST Museum. It is on the campus of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
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1 month ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
Water from a hailstorm leaked into the Musée du Louvre on Saturday (3 May), almost dripping on Cimabue’s Maestà, arguably the greatest early Western European painting. Dating from 1280-85, it is the centrepiece of the exhibition A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting (22 January-12 May). I was in the gallery, noticing the drops before the guards were alerted.
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1 month ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey
On 10 May the National Gallery in London is to unveil the first full rehang of its collection since the opening of the Sainsbury Wing in 1991. The wing has been closed for just over two years, to create an enlarged and more welcoming entrance foyer. The Art Newspaper was given an early tour by Christine Riding, the director of collections and research, who has overseen the rehang. She describes her task as a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity.
