Thursday Morning Spice

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Van Gogh Depicted Something In His ‘Starry Night’ That Scientists Only Figured Out Recently [Video]

Starry Night might just be the splashing of a one-eared madman in a French asylum, but, strangely, Van Gogh managed to capture something so distinct in his work that it showed up in Hubble Space Telescope observations a century later.
Bad Paintings By Famous Artists Prove That Even Masters Mess Up

It makes us mere mortals feel so much better knowing that even the most skilled artists have off days.
Pokémon Reveals Bizarre Yet Innovative Collab With The Van Gogh Museum [Video]

Scheduled to launch in late September, this unexpected partnership promises to be an exciting exploration of the interstices between the art and gaming world.
Art Detective Retrieves Stolen Van Gogh Painting Found In Bloody Pillowcase [Video]

A stolen Vincent van Gogh painting, ‘The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring’, has been recovered after a lengthy three-and-a-half-year pursuit to find the precious artwork.
SA Startup Helps You ‘Forge’ Paintings By Pierneef, Irma Stern And Van Gogh

I’m wondering how long it will take Grandma to notice I swopped her Pierneef for a paint-by-numbers replica.
Watch These Anti-Oil Activists Throw Soup Over An $84 Million Van Gogh Painting And Glue Themselves To The Wall [Video]

On Friday, a pair of activists threw a can of what appears to be tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ at the National Gallery in London.
Secret Van Gogh Self-Portrait Uncovered

During a routine examination of the Dutch artist’s ‘Head of a Peasant Woman’, completed in 1884 or 1885, conservators came across the hidden gem.
They May Have Finally Figured Out Why Van Gogh Cut Off His Ear

Numerous theories have done the rounds on why Vincent Van Gogh took a knife to his ear, with the most recent pointing to the bottle.
Sledgehammer Heist – Video Captures Thief Stealing Van Gogh Painting

Video footage has been released of a thief making off with an incredibly valuable painting by Vincent van Gogh.
This Exhibition Lets You Walk Through Van Gogh’s Most Iconic Paintings [Images]

Instead of simply viewing Van Gogh’s paintings in frames, this exhibit in France invites you to walk through detailed digital renderings of his greatest works.
You Can See The Great Wall Of China From Space And Other Incorrect “Facts”

Some of the more common “facts” that everyone seemingly knows aren’t actually true, and even some textbooks have yet to catch up.