The pope saw Van Gogh’s image of the sower, like Vigeland’s, as a message of hope. That message, to him, fits with the theme of hope of The Jubilee Year proclaimed by Leo’s predecessor, Francis.

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A couple destroyed a chair coated in crystals, known as the "Van Gogh" chair, at an Italian museum before video shows them fleeing the scene. Footage captured by the museum, Palazzo Maffei ...

Narrator: In 1888, the sun-drenched region of Provence in the south of France witnessed the arrival of an outsider... a strange Dutchman, aspiring artist Vincent van Gogh. During his 15-month stay ...

Tourist shatters fragile crystal-covered ‘Van Gogh’ chair while posing for photo: 'Terrible and shameful' By Simran Singh Jun 14, 2025 01:10 PM IST Read this news in brief form ...

The incident occurred in April at Palazzo Maffei, where the chair—nicknamed the “Van Gogh chair” and covered in hundreds of glittering Swarovski crystals—was on display.

Cast off by the Nazis, but heralded by curators, the artist’s painting of his doctor, made just before van Gogh’s suicide, has not been seen in 34 years. By Michael Forsythe, Graham Bowley and ...

Footage released by the Palazzo Maffei in Verona shows a man and woman taking turns to pose with the museum’s “Van Gogh” chair, before the man sits on it, breaking its seat and two front legs.

Footage released by the Palazzo Maffei in Verona shows a man and woman taking turns to pose with the museum’s “Van Gogh” chair, before the man sits on it, breaking its seat and two front legs.