The main mission of the KVP since its inception has been to clarify the many misunderstandings and misdiagnosis, purposeful or otherwise, about the amazing life, art, loves and mysterious death of Vincent van Gogh. His medical issues and his mysterious death, so long believed to be a suicide, have garnered much ink. We have contributed to many new studies and other critical insights to better understand Vincent’s life and connect all the dots.

The Killing Vincent Project which Dr. Arenberg is the head of has made several notable new and recent groundbreaking contributions to the art history world focused on Vincent. The recent non-fiction art history Killing Vincent Trilogy focused on Vincent and Marguerite sheds new light on their love affair and how their blossoming “finally love” contributed to his mysterious death. You can readily review all of these aspects on the recent completely updated www.KillingVincent.com and further appreciate the scope of the Killing Vincent Project, its contributions and bibliography over these few years.

The Killing Vincent Project Team is actively participating in this endeavor and has published several books about Vincent and a third book to complete the Killing Vincent Trilogy will be published by the end of 2023.In addition, the chief researcher on the KVP is preparing his own book on Vincent for publications.  Several other focused articles elaborating on other misunderstood aspects of Vincent’s life, loves and other problems that required unbiased clarifications have been submitted for peer review. His mysterious death attributed incorrectly to a suicide is still an ongoing and primary focus of or team and is requiring further efforts at clarification from the art history community. A miniseries pilot script and a bible for an 8-episode miniseries as well as a sizzle for a documentary are in progress and several other articles are already submitted for peer reviewed publication.

Book one, Killing Vincent, proved forensically that it was not possible for Vincent to inflict his mortal wound. If Vincent did not shoot himself in the belly (of all places), then whoever put that penetrating wound in his abdomen, murdered him!

Book two, Love and Murder, tells the sad story of why Vincent was honor killed, how he was murdered, and what was the trigger or catalyst for killing him. It also has a sneak preview of chapter one from book three.

Book three, The Day van Gogh was Murdered; The Honor Killing That Changed Art History Forever and Led to the Greatest Art Heist in Modern times. Available now for Pre-order.

On July 30, 1890, a hot and muggy afternoon, shortly after Vincent van Gogh was laid to rest after his honor killing for “compromising” his doctor’s twenty-one-year-old daughter, twenty-six (26) of his unknown paintings and other art material were taken from the hotel where his final viewing occurred by his doctor and his son. This was the largest art heist of a single artist ever and led to the Gachet art forgery ring and many fakes, forgeries, and altered provenance for years.

Hopefully these three books and related publications will excite you to put the entire Killing Vincent Trilogy together in your mind’s eye in preparation for the major movie, Finally Love, a new documentary and to review all aspects of the Killing Vincent Project on our recently totally redone interactive website www.KillingVincent.com

Hopefully these three books and related publications will excite you to put the entire Killing Vincent Trilogy together in your mind’s eye in preparation for the major movie, Finally Love, a new documentary and to review all aspects of the Killing Vincent Project on our recently totally redone interactive website www.KillingVincent.com

Several additional peer reviewed studies are needed and are   being generated to clarify misunderstood aspects of Vincent’s life, love, and death.

1. Vincent Had Meniere’s Disease and not epilepsy.

Vincent did not have epilepsy! He had Meniere’s disease…
and self-described violent vertigo (“vertige”). Dr. Arenberg and team first made this diagnosis… in JAMA, July 1990.

2. Vincent did not commit suicide.

Vincent was murdered, proved forensically by modern criteria, and published in the peer reviewed:

Arenberg, IK, Di Maio, VJM, and Baden, MA, American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, December 2020.

3. VINCENT WAS NOT INSANE OR CRAZY! He Had Asperger’s Syndrome (ASD)

His uniqueness can be attributed to his recently diagnosed Asperger’s Syndrome, a variant of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and recently published and peer reviewed.

Friedman, SL, Krier, L, Arenberg, IK, Autism Added to Behavioral Profile of Vincent van Gogh, International Journal of Forensics Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 2022.

4. Vincent’s death certificate cause of death should have stated; sepsis and septicemia secondary to a non-fatal GSW.

Vincent did not die primarily of the gunshot wound, he died of
negligence and Septicemia secondary to the GSW, and recently published in the peer reviewed: Arenberg, IK, Ferraro, BA, Krier, L, SystemicSepticemia Overwhelms Late Nineteenth Century Non-Lethal Abdominal GunshotWounds (GSW): President James A. Garfield (1831 – 1881) & Vincent van Gogh (1853 – 1890), International Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 7, Issue 4, 2022. .

5. THE NEGATIVE SUICIDE RISK PROFILE FOR VINCENT IN HIS LAST SEVENTY DAYS BEFORE HIS MURDER SHOWED NO RISK OF SUICIDE BY MODERN CLINICAL CRITERIA ANALYSIS.

The psychological analysis of Vincent van Gogh’s state of mind in his last 70 days alive in Auvers-sur-Oise does not indicate any reason for suicide. Vincent did not have any propensity for suicide or a positive suicide profile by modern clinical criteria at that time. These further cements that “suicide” was only a brilliant cover-up, for his murder! …and recently published:
Krier, L, Arenberg, IK, Vincent van Gogh: A Negative Result from his Modern Suicidal Profile Assessment, International Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol 8, Issue. 2023.
Forthcoming peer reviewed Insights and further clarifications.

6. Vincent did NOT commit suicide! Response and Challenges to those Denier’s of his Murder…International Journal of Forensic Sciences… InPress

7. The three “Peasant Girl” Portraits, when unmasked as his doctor’s “compromised” daughter, got Vincent Murdered! International Journal of Forensic Sciences…In press

8. Did they Really Find the “Smoking Gun” in the Murder of Vincent van Gogh? International Journal of Forensic Sciences… In Press

9. van Gogh’s respectful Autopsy to uncover the secrets he took to the Grave! A documentary

Is a bullet present among his remains? If not, then he either died by some other method or the bullet was removed from his body before he was buried or from the coffin when he was reburied. If a bullet is found, a forensic analysis can determine the caliber and the type and possibly the model of the gun that fired the bullet. Much additional evidence may turn up in addition to his DNA.

 The commitment of the Killing Vincent Project Team is ongoing in the pursuit of truth for presenting the most accurate legend of Vincent van Gogh for all art lovers to appreciate.