The bidding had drawn keen interest amid growing controversy over Gauguin's relationships with young girls on the Polynesian island and his depictions of them. The 1897 painting, “Te Bourao II ...

A new record price for an artwork, nearly 300 million dollars, may have been achieved with the sale of a Paul Gauguin canvas by a Swiss collector. The buyer is rumored to be the Qatar Museums.

Brown, who holds a doctorate in French history from Stanford University, has written a fascinating book entitled “The Case of the Disappearing Gauguin: A Study of Authenticity and the Art Market ...