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28 best gifts for dads who are (almost) impossible to buy for

If you’re searching for thoughtful present ideas for the father figure in your life, look no further

The Independent UK

The don’t-miss Swiss art museums for your next cultural flit

Map these 11 Swiss art museums, worthy pitstops for the culturally curious, from Basel to Zürich and beyond

Wallpaper

Van Gogh’s smoking skeleton and Munch’s sickly sex-scapes: great artists’ ghoulish sides revealed

A show of unfamiliar works by the pioneers of modern art shows that they weren’t immune to the lure of darkness and horror – and that gothic is the style that never dies

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Just Stop Oil activists accused of throwing soup at Van Goghs are banned from London protests

Three climate activists threw canned soup at two Vincent Van Gogh paintings hours after two others were sentenced for a similar protest in 2022.

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil activists who threw soup at Van Goghs banned from London protests

Three climate activists threw canned soup at two Vincent Van Gogh paintings hours after two others were sentenced for a similar protest in 2022.

The Independent UK

‘Art and music have always been like friends to me’: painter to the stars Jack Coulter

The Irish artist talks about his synaesthesia and being mutually inspired by musicians such as Elton John and Paul McCartney

The Guardian - UK

Vive L’impressionnisme! at the Van Gogh Museum: a compelling, eco-conscious celebration of impressionism

Despite its corny title, Vive L’Impressionnisme!, which recently opened at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, is well worth seeing. Marking the 150th anniversary of the first impressionist exhibition, the show tells the story of how one of the movement’s founders, Claude Monet, and his contemporaries were supported by a…

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Van Gogh is turning in his grave at the harsh Just Stop Oil sentence. I know, because I spoke to him

Nature was the painter’s ultimate muse, and he would have admired those seeking to protect it, says activist Nadya Tolokonnikova

The Guardian - UK

Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' surprisingly adheres to the laws of physics, scientists find

The artist's work demonstrates an innate understanding of Kolmogorov's theory of turbulence.

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Just Stop Oil protesters deny ‘revenge’ soup attack on Van Gogh paintings

Stephen Simpson, 61, Phillipa Green, 22, and Mary Somerville, 77, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court

The Independent UK

Three Just Stop Oil activists charged after soup thrown at Van Gogh paintings

Incident at London’s National Gallery came just hours after other members of group jailed over similar protest

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil throw soup over Van Gogh painting after protesters jailed

ACTIVISTS from Just Stop Oil have thrown soup over two Vincent van Gogh paintings in response to two of their members being jailed for the very same…

The National (Scotland)

Van Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attack

A 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

The Independent UK

Activists receive two-year jail sentence for throwing soup on Van Gogh painting

TWO Just Stop Oil activists have been jailed for pouring soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

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Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ Proven Scientifically Accurate In Depicting Turbulent Skies ‌

New study reveals hidden turbulence in the iconic painting, aligning with real-world atmospheric physics theories.‌ ‌

The Conversation

The great poetry in Van Gogh’s work and a bewitching antihero – what you should watch and do this week

This article was first published in our email newsletter Something Good, which every fortnight brings you a summary of the best things to watch, visit and read, as recommended and analysed by academic experts. Click here to receive the newsletter direct to your inbox.

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Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' contains surprisingly accurate physics — suggesting he understood the hidden 'dynamism of the sky'

A new analysis of the brushstrokes and colors in Vincent van Gogh's famous painting Starry Night reveals a striking similarity to "hidden turbulence" in Earth's atmosphere, suggesting the iconic artist had a surprisingly detailed understanding of natural processes.

The Conversation

Van Gogh Poets & Lovers: poignant show of extraordinary work by Dutch painter at his most fragile

Most people today associate Vincent van Gogh with sunflowers and starry nights. He found the inspiration for such masterpieces of modern art in Provence, in the south of France, where he lived for just over two years, from February 1888 to May 1890. These would be the last years of…

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The Independent UK

Scientists discover real-world physics ‘hidden’ in Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night

Legendary artist captured physics of atmosphere with ‘surprising accuracy’, researchers say

The Independent UK

Van Gogh’s The Starry Night closely resembles turbulence seen in nature – study

The Dutch master created the famous artwork in 1889 while he was staying at an asylum in France.

The Guardian - UK

Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers review – eye-aching, heartbreaking and unmissable

Gathering together 61 of Vincent van Gogh’s masterpieces from around the world, the National Gallery’s once-in-a-lifetime show lets the art speak for itself

The Guardian - UK

‘They have done fantastically well’: how London’s blockbuster Vincent Van Gogh exhibition is reframing myths

The five-star Poets and Lovers show at the National Gallery will dispel the tortured genius label

Evening Standard

OPINION - The jury's still out on Vincent Van Gogh's supposed 'suicide'

This week the National Gallery opens a brilliant new show of major works by one of the most luminous and original of all European artists, Vincent Van Gogh — for whom the label “troubled genius” is a drastic understatement.

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Van Gogh 'Sunflowers' Brought Together In London Show

A hundred years after acquiring one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers", Britain's National Gallery in London will bring his vision to life by showcasing three works side-by-side for the first time.

Evening Standard

Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery review – a wonderful show of a wonderful artist

This is a chance to see the best works from the last years of the great artist’s life

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