It’s the nude that bothers Fabrice Fourmanoir. The way she’s painted is “unsightly” and “vulgar,” quite unlike the Polynesian women of his mind’s eye. Nor does he like the way she’s artificially ...

This efficient documentary doesn’t shy away from the problems this post-impressionist star poses for art lovers today The National Gallery’s new exhibition, Gauguin Portraits, gets its own gallery ...

Paul Gauguin's Tahitian mistress Tehamana modeled for many of his South Seas works, including the lush Te Nave Nave Fenua (The Delightful Land), 1892. Ohara Museum of Art Paul Gauguin did not lack for ...

Still, only two female nudes are included in this exhibition, though the absence of clothes can hardly have been grounds for exclusion. Instead we have less familiar, but no less sensual works, the ...

In a gallery that is elsewhere stuffed with naked white women, this exhibition’s avoidance of Gauguin’s unclothed Tahitians feels like an act of prudery – and even censorship Paul Gauguin was the ...

On 11 th October I appeared on a panel at the National Gallery to discuss questions of art and morality in relation to Paul Gauguin’s life and work. The gallery’s major new exhibition of Gauguin’s ...

This fascinating cinema event opens with a brand new documentary about the life and work of Paul Gauguin, one of the world’s most popular and important artists. Filmed in Tahiti, France and the UK, ...

In 1891, artist Paul Gauguin arrived in the French colony of Tahiti looking for an exotic paradise and convinced that he could make money painting local clients. One first attempt was the Portrait of ...

Visitors to Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery were treated to some unexpected drama over the weekend: The Washington Post reports that a woman attacked a 1899 painting by French Post-Impressionist ...

Following the 2018 release of the poorly received biopic “Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti,” starring Vincent Cassel, French Postimpressionist Paul Gauguin now gets the nonfiction treatment with “Gauguin ...

In Tales, Gauguin lists 40 artists he admires. Van Gogh is included at the very end of the list, although nothing more is said about him, despite the fact that Gauguin lived and worked with him for ...