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A painting purchased for $50 at a garage sale could be worth $15 million if it turns out to be a genuine Van Gogh, but the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam rejects the attribution because of stylistic and material differences. Despite a 458-page report from LMI Group International claiming that 95 percent of the pigments match those from Van Gogh’s time, the museum stands by its decision, stressing the importance of its rigorous authentication process.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is calling for the return of a stolen Frans Hals painting, valued at €15m, ahead of a significant exhibition featuring the Dutch master's works. The painting, "Two Laughing Boys With a Mug of Beer," stolen in 2020, remains missing, overshadowing the upcoming showcase of Hals's celebrated pieces.

Amsterdam will soon host the Drift Museum, a new home for groundbreaking sculptures and performances, set to open in 2025. This innovative space is the brainchild of artist duo Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta, known for blending art with technology.

Six stolen paintings, valued at over €100,000, were mysteriously delivered to Amsterdam art detective Arthur Brand without a return address. Brand suspects the thieves got scared after the recent recovery of a Van Gogh painting and decided to deposit the paintings on his doorstep.

A collaboration merging the Dutch artist's work with Pokémon characters sold out in just hours.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has stopped selling tickets online due to the high demand for extra tickets to the Johannes Vermeer retrospective. The show has 28 of the 37 paintings known to exist and is the most complete show ever of the 17th-century master.

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam said over the weekend that there are no more tickets left for the Johannes Vermeer retrospective. This crushed the hopes of many people from all over the world who had hoped to see the first-of-its-kind show.

In a playful protest against Covid's lockdown, Dutch museums reopen as salons and gyms.