Museum Unveils Disputed Painting Not Seen in Decades

“Chris Martin, left, and Brian Eyler of the Nevada Museum of Art prepare to hang 'Study by Candlelight', an image whose authorship has been debated for decades. Was it painted by Van Gogh or not? That question inspired the museum's current main exhibition featuring the painting.” (Photo: Marilyn Newton, Reno, Nev., Gazette-Journal)
“The struggle over authorship — and the experts, egos, politics and commerce that come into play — is the subject of A Real Van Gogh? An Unsolved Art World Mystery, a new exhibition that opens Saturday and runs through Aug. 25 at the Nevada Museum of Art.”
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