Van Gogh painting among ‘legendary’ collection set to fetch £338m at auction Sotheby’s is presenting the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection at an auction in New York on November 18 The Independent UK · Sep 30
Collection of ‘legendary’ artworks led by van Gogh set to fetch £338m at auction Sotheby’s will offer the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection, a group of impressionist and modern paintings, in New York on November 18. Evening Standard · Sep 30
Printmaking skills of Manet, Van Gogh and more celebrated in Bath show Exhibition explores how artists mainly known for their paintings helped revive a skill that had fallen out of fashion The Guardian - UK · May 17
Van Gogh and the Roulins: a family reunion of the artist’s greatest portraits The Van Gogh Museum’s new exhibition, Van Gogh and the Roulins – Together Again at Last, celebrates an important family reunion. It brings together 14 portraits of the wife and three children of the postman Joseph Roulin – Vincent van Gogh’s closest friend and supporter while he was based in… The Conversation · Oct 16, 2025
‘The Polynesians loved him’: the astonishing revelations that cast Paul Gauguin in a new light He has been tarred as a French colonialist who spread syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But, writes the author of an acclaimed new book, fresh discoveries challenge this view of the artist – and even show him as a hero The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025
Keep your head above water: art show looks at the rising seas From a high chair to the ocean floor, Can the Seas Survive Us? in Norfolk’s Sainsbury Centre explores our watery world and the climate crisis The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2025
The best biographies and memoirs of 2024 Salman Rushdie’s account of his near-fatal stabbing, a 360-degree view of Queen Elizabeth II and Al Pacino’s rags to riches career are among this year’s most compelling personal histories The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024
On the Van Gogh trail in Arles where the secrets (and lies) of the artist’s world are revealed As a major new Van Gogh exhibition opens at London’s National Gallery, Michael Hodges takes a train to Arles to retrace the famous painter’s steps and discovers a twisty tale where fact merges into fiction and brings a surprising portrait of the artist to life The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2024
Works by Cézanne, Picasso and Matisse headed to Canberra It seems we can't get enough of European masters. The Canberra Times · Sep 3, 2024
NGA acquires painting by 'nasty piece of work' Gauguin The National Gallery of Australia has bought a significant artwork by Paul Gauguin, during its exhibition of works by the controversial painter. AAP · Aug 1, 2024
'Key moment': National Gallery of Australia buys Gauguin painting for $9.8m It's the first Gauguin to enter an Australian public collection. The Canberra Times · Aug 1, 2024
Historic speech, fun and Games, and the People's Choice What to do this weekend in Canberra. The Canberra Times · Jul 30, 2024
See Gauguin's art and a girl who glows A major exhibition, a theatre work for kids and more are on this week. The Canberra Times · Jul 16, 2024
Artist or monster? Mammoth new Gauguin show reckons with colonial legacy – to limited success The National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao acknowledges the French master’s misdeeds in the Pacific – but just as easily omits or distracts from them The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2024
The Conversation · Jun 28, 2024 Paul Gauguin was a violent paedophile. Should the National Gallery of Australia be staging a major exhibition of his work? Should the National Gallery of Australia be staging a major Paul Gauguin exhibition?
The Canberra Times · Jun 20, 2024 The man is not the art? We need to talk about Gauguin A great painter, but also a misogynist - should it matter?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024 Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night Over the Rhône returns to Arles for the first time in 136 years The painting is on loan for an exhibition that opens this weekend in the Provençal city where the painter became obsessed with the night sky and eventually descended into madness
Bored Panda · Apr 4, 2024 17 Unique Facts About Van Gogh’s Yellow-Hued Series Of Sunflowers Here are some rare and sunny facts about Vincent van Gogh’s acclaimed paintings of sunflowers. The post 17 Unique Facts About Van Gogh’s Yellow-Hued Series Of Sunflowers first appeared on Bored Panda.
The Canberra Times · Apr 4, 2024 Tickets now on sale for French art blockbuster It's the biggest Gauguin show ever to be staged in Australia.
International Business Times · Feb 12, 2024 10 Most Expensive Paintings: Brushstrokes Of Value In the world of contemporary art, a handful of paintings have attained legendary status through their staggering prices at auction. These masterpieces, spanning various eras and styles, epitomize artistic excellence and the vision of renowned creators.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2023 Funding plea for Parisian atelier where Modigliani and Gauguin worked Atelier 11 in the Cité Falguière, a home and workplace of famous painters and sculptors since the 1870s, needs urgent renovation
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023 Claudette Johnson: Presence review – subtle swipes at the exploitative modern masters The artist brilliantly questions depictions of non-white figures by such revered painters as Gauguin and Picasso – but there’s a quiet power to her new work that leaves theory behind
The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2023 After the British Museum thefts, what other major art heists have there been? One Rembrandt has been stolen four times, and works by Van Gogh, Munch and Picasso have also been targeted by criminals
The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023 Pierre Bonnard: the master of shimmering luminosity, who painted difficult paintings and yet made them lucid and accessible Pierre Bonnard, unlike his older contemporary, Paul Gauguin, never visited Australia, yet Bonnard’s influence on Australian art is pervasive and profound.
France 24 · Apr 20, 2023 Discovering France's most beautiful hiking paths Of the 370 long-distance hiking paths that criss-cross the French countryside, some in particular stand out. In Finistère, on the Atlantic, the Chemin du Pouldu merges with the Brittany coast. Its contrasts of green and blue have inspired many artists, such as French painter Paul Gauguin. Down in the Cévennes,…