Van Gogh mystery solved: The real reason tortured artist cut off own ear

A BBC Four documentary suggests that bullfighting fan Van Gogh severed the ear to mimic the plight of a wounded bull in the ring. It was his way of saying he had been “conquered” by Gauguin. The fascinating revelations come from esteemed art critic Waldemar Januszczak in a new series which attempts to unlock the mysteries in […]

Watch the Trailer for the Completely Oil Paint-Animated Vincent Van Gogh Biopic

Biopics are largely affiliated with perfunctory, artless play-by-plays of famous people’s lives — and impressionistic exceptions like Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There truly stand out. Perhaps even that’ll look under-stylized, though, compared to an upcoming, (post)-impressionistic exception: the Vincent Van Gogh biopic, Loving Vincent, is an entirely oil paint-animated feature, evoking the artist’s style to tell his story, with […]

Willem Dafoe Will Play Vincent van Gogh in Julian Schnabel Film ‘At Eternity’s Gate’

Willem Dafoe will play Vincent van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s upcoming film At Eternity’s Gate. The feature, shot on location in France, will focus on the Dutch artist’s time in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise. “This is a film about painting and a painter and their relationship to infinity,” Schnabel told press. “It is told by a […]