Topic: Vincent van Gogh

Global News Blog Did Romanian mom torch Monet, Matisse, and Picasso along with her slippers?

The art world fears that the mother of a man suspected in the theft of seven masterpieces from a Dutch art museum burned the priceless evidence. 

A 1:30 a.m. line... for Van Gogh

The works of Vincent Van Gogh are still a vibrant part of pop culture more than a hundred years after his death.

Dutch art heist 'a nightmare for any museum director' (+video)

Seven paintings – including works by Picasso, Monet, and Matisse – were stolen from the Kunsthal Rotterdam museum early Tuesday morning in a Dutch art heist that could be worth tens of millions of dollars.

Galactic slam: Milky Way to hit nearby galaxy – in 4 billion years (+video)

The collision between the Milky Way and the nearby Andromeda galaxy will result in a single, enormous new elliptical galaxy, but not for another 6 billion years, researchers say.

Opinion How to write a superbissimo thank you note for a mirific, magnanimous gift

The holidays recede, the new year rises, and the gifts you received cry out for thanks. For the givers who deserve something more than a simple “thank you," there are more expressive words of gratitude.

Chapter & Verse Van Gogh: new book says he didn't commit suicide

"Van Gogh: The Life" says the artist was shot, possibly accidentally, by two teenage boys.
10/17/2011 03:02 pm

The Simple Dollar Roth IRA: Am I saving too much for retirement?

Roth IRA is important, but aren't there other things to save for, too? Question No. 1 of the reader mailbag takes a look at the Roth IRA dilemma.
07/06/2011 03:38 pm

In Pictures Famous beards

The thieves had it easy in Cairo art heist

The thieves who made off with van Gogh's 'Poppy Flowers' in a daytime Cairo art heist weren't met with alarms or guards. The head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said Egypt would create a central security office.
08/24/2010 05:37 pm

Stolen Van Gogh still missing, Egypt deputy minister detained

Stolen Van Gogh painting 'Vase with Flowers,' worth $50 million, has not been seen since Saturday. The prosecutor general ordered the detention of Deputy Culture Minister Mohsen Shalaan and four of the museum's security guards while they are investigated on suspicion of neglect and professional delinquency.
08/24/2010 10:49 am

Gallery Famous art heists

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Lars Vilks: why some European artists are building panic rooms

Tolerant European societies are prosecuting 'blasphemers' of Islam. Does this leave artists like Lars Vilks more vulnerable to terror plots and attacks like the one allegedly planned by American ‘Jihad Jane’?
03/10/2010 07:28 pm

Opinion Look again at Vincent van Gogh

New claims that he didn't cut off his own ear give us an opportunity to clear the clouds of 'madness' and see the true light of his work.
05/11/2009 01:00 am

Impressionists on the road

Fine art collection of two prescient Welsh sisters set to dazzle small cities in US.
03/06/2009 12:00 am

Art: a basic necessity of life

The unique individual expression of the qualities we all have in common is true art.
03/02/2009 12:00 am

Discoveries Gravity's growing role in 'The Starry Night'

01/02/2009 12:00 am

New York's freshest shows

From ancient sculpture to Van Gogh's night inspirations, the best of this season's art.
11/21/2008 12:00 am

Horizons Horizon highlights – $10 laptop, Google in your driveway, lost Van Gogh

08/01/2008 01:00 am

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02/20/2008 12:00 am

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02/12/2008 12:00 am