#art-auctions

#art-auctions

Every year sees increasing interest in Vincent van Gogh, and this is a truly global phenomenon. The Dutch artist is now a megastar in East Asia-in China, Korea and Japan. Here, we review the Van Gogh year in 2025. The big surprise of the year was news that the Van Gogh Museum may have to close its doors unless the Dutch state provides more money to help look after its buildings.

"We treasure those pieces," she told the Washington Post. "They are integral to the character of the museum. They belong to the public. They are now probably going into private hands. It's just a shame."

The Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art, a private museum created on the outskirts of Tokyo in 1990, is cashing in on its collection of canonical Western Modernism. The museum, which was owned by the chemicals giant DIC Corporation and ceased operations at the end of March, has consigned its treasures to Christie's. They are collectively expected to bring in at least $60m across several sales this autumn in New York.

In a 2003 letter to Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump allegedly included a drawing of a naked woman, with pubic hair shaped from his signature, raising eyebrows.