An interesting article in today’s Guardian on a new book that re examines his rather dubious reputation…

…driven by all the new material that began appearing in 2019, which coincided with the reopening of the debate about Gauguin’s troubling reputation. It seemed important to re-examine his life: not to condemn, not to excuse, but simply to shed new light on the man and the myth.

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    15 days ago

    Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith offered a far more plausible scenario—that Van Gogh was killed—only to find themselves under attack

    Geez, that’s become so modern and depressing.

    Monied interests, and all that, I don’t know…