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  • A cameraman films an 1882 water color of a pollard willow by Vincent van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on May 10, 2012. The Van Gogh Museum unveiled the painting earlier that day, the first addition in five years to its world-famous collection of works by the post-impressionist. (Associated Press)

    Van Gogh museum unveils new willow watercolor

    A young Vincent van Gogh was so struck by a dead willow leaning "lonely and melancholy" over a pond near The Hague that he knew at once he had to paint it. The Van Gogh Museum unveiled the painting Thursday, the first addition in five years to its world-famous collection of works by the postimpressionist master.

  • Van Gogh museum unveils new willow watercolor

    A young Vincent van Gogh was so struck by a dead willow leaning "lonely and melancholy" over a pond near The Hague that he knew at once he had to paint it.

  • New X-ray research has shown that "Still Life With Meadow Flowers and Roses" really is by Vincent van Gogh. (Associated Press)

    X-ray testing IDs painting as a van Gogh

    A still life once thought to be by Vincent van Gogh but later downgraded to the work of an anonymous artist because of doubts about its authenticity is indeed by the tormented Dutch impressionist, researchers said Tuesday.

  • Dutch museum: Still life IS by Vincent van Gogh

    It was, it wasn't, it is: A still life once thought to be by Vincent van Gogh but later downgraded to being the work of an anonymous artist is indeed by the tormented Dutch impressionist himself, researchers announced Tuesday.

  • Museum confirms still life it holds is by Van Gogh

    A still life once thought to be by Vincent van Gogh but later downgraded to the work of an anonymous artist because of doubts about its authenticity is indeed by the tormented Dutch impressionist, researchers said Tuesday.

  • ** FILE ** San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi talks to reporters as he leaves Superior Court in San Francisco on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

    San Francisco sheriff sentenced for false imprisonment

    Embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi on Monday was sentenced to three years' probation and must participate in a domestic-violence program after pleading guilty to false imprisonment in a closely watched case that has gripped this city for nearly three months.

  • Vincent Van Gogh dolls with removable ears are for sale in the gift shop for the Van Gogh Close Up exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Friday, Jan. 27, 2012 in Philadelphia. The exhibit opens February 1st. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    New exhibit in Philly looks at van Gogh close up

    A new blockbuster exhibition takes a close-up look at Vincent van Gogh's groundbreaking shift during the personally tumultuous but artistically triumphant last four years of his life in France.

  • Museum unconvinced by new Van Gogh death theory

    Two American authors believe Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds, but the new theory won a skeptical reception Monday from experts at the museum dedicated to the 19th century Dutch master.

  • A self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh was painted in 1887. Experts at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam say they are not convinced by a new biography published this week that the celebrated 19th-century Dutch artist was accidentally fatally shot by two teenagers. (Associated Press)

    Two American authors say Van Gogh was fatally shot

    Two American authors believe Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds, but the new theory won a skeptical reception Monday from experts at the museum dedicated to the 19th-century Dutch artist.

  • This self-portrait of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh is dated 1887. (AP Photo/Van Gogh Museum)

    Museum unconvinced by new van Gogh death theory

    Two American authors believe artist Vincent van Gogh was fatally shot by two teenagers and did not die from self-inflicted wounds, but the new theory won a skeptical reception Monday from experts at the museum dedicated to the 19th-century Dutch master.

  • To be a great, McIlroy must stay true to himself

    From the lofty heights of his throne atop the world of golf, Rory McIlroy needs look no further than his own Belfast backyard for a salutary reminder of how, if he and those around him aren't careful, it could all go downhill from here.

  • Museum uncovers Van Gogh painting of his brother

    The Van Gogh Museum said Tuesday its experts now believe one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings previously thought to be a self-portrait actually depicts his brother, Theo.

  • 6-month restoration ends of Van Gogh's "Bedroom"

    Vincent van Gogh must have been horrified when he returned from the hospital to his studio in Arles early in 1889 to find one of his favorite paintings damaged by moisture.

  • BOOK REVIEW: 'The Red Thread'

    The title of Ann Hood's new novel derives from a Chinese belief that a red thread ties children to all the people who will play a part in their lives.

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