Adventures with Van Gogh, a weekly blog launched in 2018, has published its 300th post. To mark the milestone, the blog compiled a list of its most-read posts since the 200th edition in February 2023, updated with new information. Topics range from the ten most expensive Van Gogh paintings at auction (led by *Orchard with Cypresses* at $117m) to a geological feature near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence that appears in *The Olive Trees*, a defense of the suicide theory over murder, the real-life view behind *Starry Night over the Rhône*, Picasso’s granddaughter Marina Picasso quietly buying and selling a Van Gogh watercolour, and the artist’s preference for simple wooden frames over ornate gold ones.
This compilation matters because it reveals the enduring public fascination with Van Gogh—not only as a market phenomenon (his works now command nine-figure sums) but also as a figure whose life, death, and creative process continue to generate debate and discovery. The blog’s popularity underscores how biographical details, provenance stories, and even framing choices can captivate audiences as much as the paintings themselves, reflecting the broader art world’s appetite for both scholarship and human-interest narratives around canonical artists.