Van Gogh

Yale: Van Gogh Lawsuit Could Affect Ownership Of Billions Of Dollars Worth Of Art

AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 12.28.2009 | New York


NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The ownership of tens of billions of dollars of art and other goods could be thrown into doubt if a lawsuit seeking the return of...

Christmas Gifts 2009: The Most Beautiful Books Of The Year

Lena Tabori | Posted 12.08.2009 | Books


Lena Tabori

All of these books are exquisitely made -- designed and produced with passion and creativity. None are boring, nothing to pick up and put down. Each will leave you different than you were before.

Teens Need Kitchen Counter-Culture

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green


Sarah Newman

It's ironic that teens today are correctly pushing the social agenda in their schools to allow a diversity of identities to be expressed but are consuming foods that have little nutritional value and are uniform.

Van Gogh's Letters Show The Artist "Was Not A Hysterical, Irrational Man: He Was Very Methodical"

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


AMSTERDAM — While Vincent van Gogh has become almost as famed for his troubled mind as for his paintings, a new exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum se...

Painting the Dream

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living


Stephanie Gertler

Several months ago, before she died, I found a picture of my mother and myself. In this picture, the camera loved us both. If I take a piece of paper and cover parts of our faces, I see that I have her mouth.

Why Read When You Can Watch?

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 08.04.2009 | Media


B. Jeffrey Madoff

What did I learn from my 3 week media experiment? It's easier to zone out in front of a glowing rectangle than engage in reading.

Film Review: Blood, Wax and Tears in the Story of Artist Seraphine

Penelope Andrew | Posted 07.06.2009 | Entertainment


Penelope Andrew

Belgian-born actress Yolande Moreau gives a stunning and heartbreaking performance in this partly fictionalized biography of the painter Seraphine.

Van Gogh's Ear 'Cut Off By Gauguin'

The Guardian | Angelique Chrisafis in Paris | Posted 06.04.2009 | World


Vincent van Gogh's fame may owe as much to a legendary act of self-harm, as it does to his self-portraits. But, 119 years after his death, the torture...

Gunmen Grab $163m in Art at Swiss Museum

AP | ERNST E. ABEGG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


ZURICH, Switzerland — Three gunmen in ski masks and dark clothes burst into a museum just before closing time. After a quick run through the bui...

$5 Billion Of Masterpiece Art Locked Away In Iran

Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


The Picasso masterpiece is worth an estimated £25-30m on the international art market, but its only regular contact with the human eye is the fiercel...

Sotheby's To Sell Van Gogh's Last Masterpiece

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


One of Vincent van Gogh's final landscapes, "The Fields," will be auctioned in New York in November, a British newspaper reported Saturday. The paint...