When post-impressionist Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh created his renowned painting “The Starry Night” — rendering the night sky with swirling brushstrokes of blue and gold — he brought to life his ...

One of art history’s most famous masterpieces, Vincent van Gogh‘s The Starry Night (1889) has long wowed art enthusiasts for its uniquely emotive, undulating night sky. As it happens, however, the ...

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 work of ...

Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" accurately depicts the energy distribution in turbulent flows. The painting's swirls follow Kolmogorov's law of turbulence, a key equation in physics. It also shows ...

Today, we bring you another focus challenge, in which we invite you to spend uninterrupted time looking at one piece of art. We’re asking you to look at a painting you’ve probably seen before: “The ...