Impressionist's 1890 painting "Tree Roots" has been the subject of five years of legal battles between homeowners and a ...

Though visually similar to turbulence, “The Starry Night” lacks the scientific elements needed to support that claim.

VCU’s Mohamed Gad-el-Hak says the swirls depicted in the painting do not follow the rules of flow physics after all.

The famous painting from Dutch post-impressionist Vincent van Gogh has sparked controversy among physicists. Two decades ago, a pair of physicists stood in a museum in Madrid contemplating the ...

The couple now offers tours of the site for €8 (about $9). The painting, which hangs today in the Van Gogh Museum, was unfinished, and could almost be mistaken for “a jumble of bright colors ...