The pope saw Van Gogh’s image of the sower, like Vigeland’s, as a message of hope. That message, to him, fits with the theme of hope of The Jubilee Year proclaimed by Leo’s predecessor, Francis.

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), The Potato Eaters, Nuenen, April-May 1885, oil on canvas, 82 cm x 114 cm, Courtesy of Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) His attempts at social ...

“Every word of the Gospel is like a seed sown in the soil of our lives,” he said, and highlighted that the soil is not only our heart, “but also the world, the community, the church.” He noted that ...

Adventures with Van Gogh is a weekly blog by Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper's long-standing correspondent and expert on the Dutch painter.Published on Fridays, stories range from newsy items ...

The New York Botanical Garden’s new exhibit draws inspiration from Vincent van Gogh for a colorful explosion of 18,000 sunflowers and other plants. By Jane L. Levere We’d like you to look at ...

During his 15-month stay in the city of Arles, in the south of France, an aspiring artist Vincent van Gogh would paint more than two hundred paintings that captured the people and places he ...

The LEGO Ideas Vincent Van Gogh The Starry Night is on sale for a limited time Get this set The finished model measures over 11 inches (28 cm) in height, 14.5 inches (38 cm) in width and 4.5 ...

Van Gogh Wheat Fields Silk Scrunchie. $39. Secure your locks with a perfectly oversized scrunchie. This luxurious silk hairpiece features Vincent van Gogh’s Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers, 1890.

Between May 1889 and May 1890, Vincent van Gogh was a self-admitted patient at a psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, a small town in the south of France. During his stay, van Gogh ...

It is one of 10 new paintings by Nigerian artist John Madu, created for "Paint Your Path" -- the first solo exhibition by an African artist at Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum, which opened Friday.

Van Gogh is a huge fan of catnip, especially when inside his favorite kicker toys. Eating canned food is a real treat and he also eats dry food well. He’s okay with being picked up and petted.