The hospital in Arles where Vincent van Gogh stayed after he cut off his ear (photograph by the author for Hyperallergic) Vincent van Gogh had big dreams for his stay in the town of Arles, for the ...

Vincent van Gogh, the brilliant but troubled Dutch impressionist painter, severed his left ear after a "blazing row" with fellow artist Paul Gaugin in Arles, France, on this day in history, Dec. 23, ...

The exhibit, which may head to New York next year, allows visitors to speak into the ear — grown in Boston from DNA of the artist's relative — through a microphone. By The Associated Press Van Gogh's ...

A secret, ghostly self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been hiding underneath layers of cardboard and glue for more than a century — but art historians and experts finally uncovered the artwork this ...

Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in the Netherlands, to a middle-class family. As a child, he displayed an early interest in art, but his journey as a painter truly began later in ...

Using cells from a relative of the famous tortured artist, plus a 3D printer, the ear lost by the artist can "hear" once again. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family ...

Ancient Egyptians believed that mummifying a king’s body ensured his ascent among the gods. The preserved corpse — called the Ach (Egyptian for “shining” or “spirit”) — entered a sarcophagus ...

In 1888, Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear during a psychotic episode. Using living cells supplied by the great-great-grandson of Van Gogh ‘s brother Theo, U.S.-based artist Diemut Strebe ...

Vincent van Gogh’s story often feels like a myth painted in bold colors—an artist so consumed by passion that it spilled over into madness. The image of him bandaged and staring back from his ...

A descendent of Vincent van Gogh redefined "lending an ear" when he donated his DNA to help an artist create a living replica of the Dutch painter's famously severed feature. The 3D-printed ear, ...