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James Hall believes painting’s ‘pyrotechnical music of the stars, sky and clouds’ recalls Paris monument’s spectacular opening

Vincent van Gogh fits the stereotypical image of the tragic modern artist: the tortured genius and scruffy bohemian battling mental ill-health and lack of recognition from peers and a public who couldn’t appreciate his audacious vision.

Lawyers say a deal has been reached over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh

Glaze subtly changes an artist’s work to make AI see it completely differently

A University of Chicago research project could see artists take back ownership of their artwork.

CHICAGO — We live in “the experience culture.”

Letters did not count [as writing]. A woman might write letters while sitting by her father’s sick-bed. She could write them by the fire while the men talked without disturbing them. The strange thing is, I thought, turning over the pages of Dorothy’s letters, what a gift that untaught and…

A vase with some pears? A jug with some bananas? Cutlery? Are you kidding? Painters of still lifes have a lot to answer for – and today’s new breed would be better off tackling air fryers or discarded Deliveroo packaging

The art of Thomas Kinkade became a Nineties phenomenon as collectors and the American public clamoured for his pieces while critics rolled their eyes. But the ‘Painter of Light’ was battling personal demons as business woes and scandal plagued the empire before his death at 54 — and a new…