During his 38-day hospitalization in February and March, he twice nearly died in respiratory crises. His doctor, who had urged the pope to take it easy and not waste a recovery that he told Francis ...

But he made it to college, and a few credits before graduating he opened ... They are both interconnected forms of leisure. Van Gogh was in a leisurely frame of mind when he wrote about painting ...

A lonely Van Gogh painted postman Joseph Roulin and his family in a creative frenzy. The portraits, on view at MFA Boston, ...

“You once said to me that I would always be isolated,” wrote Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo in 1884. It was the second time that year that he returned to this assessment by the person who knew ...

In this excerpt, Gopnik explores the beginning of Barnes' collecting, including the very first Vincent van Gogh painting to arrive and be displayed in the United States. French peasants at work ...