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Van Gogh artwork sparks lawsuit

Jan. 1, 2010
NEW HAVEN, CONN. | The ownership of tens of billions of dollars of art and other goods could be thrown into doubt if a lawsuit seeking the return of a famous Vincent Van Gogh painting is successful, according to a court filing by Yale University. The Ivy League university sued in federal court in...
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LONDON, May 5 (UPI) -- A new book suggests Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh lost his ear in a scuffle with fellow painter Paul Gauguin outside of a brothel.

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LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- European scientists reportedly have used new technology to reconstruct a portrait of a peasant woman Vincent Van Gogh painted then covered with another work.

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MAASTRICHT, Netherlands, March 6 (UPI) -- "L'Enfant a l'Orange," one of the last paintings Vincent van Gogh produced before he committed suicide in 1890, is to be sold at an art fair in Maastricht.

Museum finds 2nd Van Gogh under painting

BOSTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has discovered one of its Van Goghs is not one painting but two.

Gallery reveals Van Gogh not a Van Gogh

MELBOURNE, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Art officials at Australia's National Gallery of Victoria revealed a painting shown for decades as a $20 million Vincent Van Gogh work wasn't a Van Gogh.

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ZAGREB, Croatia, April 12 (UPI) -- An uncataloged collection stored in the basement of a Croatian museum may have yielded a previously unknown work by Vincent Van Gogh.

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Van Gogh work could sell for $40 million

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- A rare Van Gogh painting could fetch as much as $40 million when it goes under the hammer in New York, it was reported Wednesday.

Portrait found under Van Gogh painting

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- An Amsterdam museum employee has found what may turn out to be the first self-portrait painted by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh. Aukje Vergeest, of the Van Gogh Museum, found the painting underneath a 1886 painting of a park that she had X-rayed, Expatica

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Marilyn Monroe Cupcake Portrait at Madame Tussauds in New York
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A one-of-a-kind 8 x 4 foot portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from 2,100 bite sized stuffed cupcakes stands in the lobby next to her wax figure on the eve of Marilyn Monroe's 86th birthday at Madame Tussauds in New York City on May 31, 2012. UPI/John Angelillo