Johannes Vermeer
Climate protesters disrupt opening of Salzburg Festival
Climate activists have disrupted the opening night of the Salzburg Festival of music and theater in Austria, an activist group said, in the latest such protest to target an arts venue.
Hit Vermeer show ends in Amsterdam
Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum drew the curtain on June 4 on its "most successful" exhibition featuring paintings of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, saying hundreds of thousands of art lovers flocked to the capital for the blockbuster show.
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Girl with AI earrings sparks Dutch art controversy
At first glance it seems to be just a modern take on Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece "Girl with a Pearl Earring." But look more closely and things get a little strange.
Firstly, there are two glowing earrings in the image hanging in the Mauritshuis museum in the Dutch city of The Hague. And aren't those freckles on her face actually... a slightly inhuman shade of red?
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Stop ‘counterproductive’ attacks on famous paintings, says art world
Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.
‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ targeted by climate activists
Climate activists glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring" at a Dutch museum on Oct. 27 in the latest stunt targeting famous artworks, but the painting was undamaged.
Three men were arrested after the attack at The Hague's Mauritshuis museum on the 1665 masterpiece which has inspired a bestselling novel and a Hollywood film.
Hidden items found in Vermeer’s famed ‘Milkmaid’ painting
Experts have found a hidden jug holder and basket in Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's famed painting "The Milkmaid" which he later painted over, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum said on Sept. 8.
The discoveries in the work painted some 350 years ago shed new light on the technique of the enigmatic artist, ahead of the largest ever exhibition of Vermeer's work starting at the museum in 2023.
Map shows art symbolising each European country (photos)
The European continent might be facing a number of challenges, including the ongoing economic and migrant/refugee crisis, as well as political and ideological divisions on the path it has taken, but a Reddit user compiled an amazing map with a collage of some of the iconic works of arts that symbolise each country on the continent, reminding us that Europeans are bound by a common history of be
Huge art show questions legend of Vermeer
A new blockbuster exhibition showcasing the works of Johannes Vermeer which opened on Feb. 22 aims to smash the myth that the Dutch master was a solitary genius who worked alone at home cut off from the world.
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