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A treasured Banksy owned by a member of Blink-182 is up for auction. It could fetch $6 million
Read full article: A treasured Banksy owned by a member of Blink-182 is up for auction. It could fetch $6 millionA painting by street artist Banksy valued at up to 5 million pounds ($6.3 million) is going up for auction next month.
Van Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attack
Read full article: Van Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attackA group of activists attacked a pair of paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at London’s National Gallery by throwing what appeared to be tomato soup on the artworks.
Fire breaks out at London's Somerset House, home to priceless works by Van Gogh, Cezanne
Read full article: Fire breaks out at London's Somerset House, home to priceless works by Van Gogh, CezannePriceless paintings by Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and others were safe after firefighters worked to douse a fire at Somerset House.
Old Masters and Roman statues vie for the attention of well-heeled collectors at Dutch art fair
Read full article: Old Masters and Roman statues vie for the attention of well-heeled collectors at Dutch art fairOld Masters, Roman statues, modern furniture, tribal masks and vintage watches are vying for the attention of well-heeled collectors at the annual TEFAF art fair that opened in the southern Netherlands.
New Van Gogh show in Paris focuses on artist's extraordinarily productive and tragic final months
Read full article: New Van Gogh show in Paris focuses on artist's extraordinarily productive and tragic final monthsA new museum exhibition in Paris focuses on the last months of Dutch master Vincent van Gogh before he shot himself in 1890.
Over 3 years after it was stolen, a van Gogh painting is recovered but with some damage
Read full article: Over 3 years after it was stolen, a van Gogh painting is recovered but with some damageA painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been recovered more than three years after it was stolen from a museum that was shut to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh picture
Read full article: Activists in UK court after soup thrown at Van Gogh pictureThree climate activists appeared in a London court on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting in the National Gallery.
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Dutch court jails 'incorrigible' thief over 2 museum heists
Read full article: Dutch court jails 'incorrigible' thief over 2 museum heistsA 59-year-old man, described as an “incorrigible and calculating criminal” has been convicted of stealing a painting by Vincent van Gogh and another by Frans Hals from two Dutch museums last year.
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'New' Van Gogh drawing to go on display in Amsterdam museum
Read full article: 'New' Van Gogh drawing to go on display in Amsterdam museumA drawing newly attributed to Vincent van Gogh that has never been displayed publicly before is going on show at the Amsterdam museum that bears the Dutch master’s name.
You can score a Cezanne or Van Gogh at a Texas oil tycoon’s $200 million Impressionist art auction -- but it’ll cost you some Monet
Read full article: You can score a Cezanne or Van Gogh at a Texas oil tycoon’s $200 million Impressionist art auction -- but it’ll cost you some MonetA collection of Impressionist paintings procured by the late Texas businessman and philanthropist Edwin Lochridge Cox is expected to amass in excess of $200 million when it goes to auction at Christie’s in the fall.
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Rare Van Gogh masterpiece sells for $15.4 million in Paris
Read full article: Rare Van Gogh masterpiece sells for $15.4 million in ParisFILE- In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Sotheby's personnel display Scene de rue Montmartre (Street scene in Montmartre), a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Sotheby's auction house in Paris. A rare painting by Vincent Van Gogh is being put up for auction by Sotheby's Paris on Thursday, and is expected to sell for many millions. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)PARIS – A rare painting by Vincent Van Gogh was sold at auction Thursday by Sotheby’s Paris for 13.1 million euros ($15.4 million). The auction house had expected it to sell for between 5 million euros and 8 million euros. It was painted in 1887, one year after Van Gogh moved to Paris and lived in Montmartre while he was lodging with his brother Theo.
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“Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature” on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Read full article: “Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature” on display at the Museum of Fine Arts HoustonHOUSTON – There’s a beautiful new David Hockney-Vincent Van Gogh exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston that shows off their shared fascination with the natural world through the power of color. “Hockney – Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature” now on display at MFAH, marks the first time the two artists have been paired in an American museum exhibition. ‘The Joy of Nature’ brings together nearly 50 of Hockney’s vibrant works—ranging from intimate sketchbook studies to monumental paintings, as well as his experimental videos and iPad drawings—with 10 carefully chosen original paintings and drawings by Van Gogh. Check out the colorful exhibit now through June 20th at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Watch as Lauren Kelly chats with the exhibit’s curator, Ann Dumas.
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6 spring break ideas for families in Houston
Read full article: 6 spring break ideas for families in HoustonHOUSTON – If you are wondering what to do to keep the family busy and entertained during spring break, we’ve got you covered. There’s also a VR experience in which you can do 3D and do a day in the life of Van Gogh the artist. Keep in mind you’re going to have to be masked to go there,” said Sorena. You’ll start at George R. Brown and they’ll help guide you along Downtown as you solve the mystery of this art heist. To connect with Mommy Nearest, visit their website or download the free Mommy Nearest app for iPhone and Android.
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Rarely seen Van Gogh painting exhibited ahead of auction
Read full article: Rarely seen Van Gogh painting exhibited ahead of auctionSotheby's personnel display Scene de rue Montmartre (Street scene in Montmartre), a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Sotheby's auction house in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 25, 202. It has remained in the same family collection for over 100 years, according to the auction house which did not reveal the identity of the owner. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)PARIS – A rare painting by Dutch impressionist master Vincent van Gogh of a street scene in the Parisian neighborhood of Montmartre will be publicly displayed for the first time before its auction next month. Sotheby's auction house said the work, painted in 1887, has remained in the same family collection for more than 100 years — out of the public eye. Van Gogh moved to Paris in 1886 and lived in Montmartre.
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Researcher pinpoints location of Van Gogh's last painting
Read full article: Researcher pinpoints location of Van Gogh's last painting(Van Gogh Museum via AP)AUVERS-SUR-OISE AUVERS-SUR-The exact location where Dutch master Vincent van Gogh painted his last work has been pinpointed after being hidden in plain view for years among a tangle of roots next to a rural lane near Paris. Van Gogh spent the last weeks of his life in the village and completed dozens of paintings there. The discovery by Wouter van der Veen, scientific director of the Van Gogh Institute in France, provides a new glimpse of the artist in his final hours. It means art historians can now see that Van Gogh worked on the painting until the end of the afternoon, meaning he spent much of the day concentrating on the canvas. They travel a lot just for one reason to walk in the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh and now they can stand at the very place where he painted his last painting," Van der Veen said.
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Proof of life: Photos emerge of stolen Van Gogh painting
Read full article: Proof of life: Photos emerge of stolen Van Gogh paintingA Dutch art sleuth has received "proof-of-life" photos of a Vincent van Gogh painting stolen in late March from a Dutch museum in Laren, Netherlands, that was closed at the time because of the coronavirus. (Arthur Brand via AP)THE HAGUE A Dutch art sleuth has received proof-of-life photos of a Vincent van Gogh painting stolen in late March from a Dutch museum that was closed at the time because of the coronavirus. The second photo shows the back of the painting with a sticker bearing the name Vincent van Gogh, the dates 1853-1890 and handwritten text including the name of the painting in Dutch. Van Gogh worked on it when he had moved back to his family in a rural area of the Netherlands and painted the life he saw there, including his famous work The Potato Eaters, in mostly somber tones. He speculated that the March theft was a copycat of the 2002 theft from the Van Gogh Museum.