Van Gogh in Auvers:

Van Gogh in Auvers by Wouter Van Der Veen and Peter Knapp - Excerpt

Is the astronomical price paid for some paintings by private collectors justified?: In May 2010, 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' a painting by Picasso was sold at $ 106 million to an unknown bidder (most probably to a private collector) by an auction house in New York. Is the astronomical price paid for some paintings by private collectors justified? Is it just an investment which will fetch good returns when sold at a later day, or do the collectors truly love the work so much that they pay such large amounts to bring them to the...

Vincent Willem van Gogh, arguably one of the best painters ever, sold only one painting during his entire lifetime.

Documentary on Vincent van Gogh:

Should Abstract Art be made a part of the regular curriculum?: A general trend nowadays is to get away with a "bad" art of non-communicative art, as abstract art or modern art, even though Abstract or Modern art has its own precedures, just like contemporary dance maybe. So should this form of art be included in the regular curriculum for FA students so as to generate better perspective and knowledge on the same?