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 ...

New York art advisor Todd Levin, who had heard rumors of the Gauguin sale, told the NYT that “The price quoted to me at that time was in the high 200 millions, close to 300 million.” ...

After examining the French artist Paul Gauguin’s The Little Cat with X-ray imaging, experts at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam are unraveling the painting’s secrets—including a hidden beetle.

The background features blue wallpaper with floating shapes that represent the boy’s dreams. In his later Tahiti paintings, Gauguin incorporates symbols of dreams and imagination. We also begin ...

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 ...