Artist Portraits
Johannes Vermeer
Apr 21, 2023
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16 minutes read
Johannes Vermeer is a 17th century Dutch painter, born in 1632 in Delft and died in 1675. He is best known for his scenes of everyday life, often depicting women in bright and calm interiors. Despite his short career and the small number of works he produced, Vermeer is today considered one of the most important and talented artists of the Dutch Golden Age.
Artist Portraits
Karin Vermeer: The alchemy between digital and material
Mar 17, 2025
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3 minutes read
Karin Vermeer is a Dutch artist who combines digital art and traditional painting to create recomposed portraits and deeply sensory abstract works. Her work is distinguished by a unique technique, rich textures, and a strong aesthetic that appeals to art lovers and collectors alike.
Art News
All Vermeer Exhibition Tickets Sold Out In Just Days
Feb 14, 2023
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2 minutes read
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.
Art News
The Girl with a Flute is no longer a Vermeer painting!
Oct 11, 2022
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3 minutes read
A Vermeer at the National Gallery of Art loses its name, which raises new questions about the master painter.
Art News
A special visit to the Vermeer exhibition, for President Macron
Apr 19, 2023
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1 minutes read
The French head of state and his wife discovered the masterpieces of the Dutch master.
Art News
The Rijksmuseum stops selling tickets online to see the Vermeer exhibition
Mar 7, 2023
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1 minutes read
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.
Art News
The Rijksmuseum opens the largest collection of Vermeer paintings ever on display today
Feb 10, 2023
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3 minutes read
The Rijksmuseum has opened a Vermeer show with 28 paintings, 10 rooms, and hundreds of meters of velvet curtain, the largest collection of Vermeer paintings ever shown.
Art History
The Hidden Image of Cupid Revealed in a Vermeer Painting restored in Germany
Aug 26, 2021
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3 minutes read
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany, launched a major restoration two years ago to reveal a Cupid that was hidden beneath layers of paint. The museum's painting gallery, Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, will host the restored canvas for the first time in September.
Art News
The Rijksmuseum has confirmed the authenticity of three Vermeer paintings before a big show in 2023
Nov 30, 2022
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3 minutes read
Vermeer's 28 paintings will be shown together for the first time in 2023. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has confirmed the authenticity of three new Vermeer pieces. This will be the largest show of his work ever, with 36 paintings on display.
Art News
Vermeer's Masterpiece Evokes 10x More Emotion Than Prints
Oct 14, 2024
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2 minutes read
Discover how Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring elicits 10x more emotional brain activity than replicas. Neuroscience reveals the painting's unique power to captivate attention.
Art News
After the Cupid hidden in the wall, Vermeer's restored painting from Dresden makes a new revelation!
Sep 10, 2021
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2 minutes read
Following the extensive restoration of Vermeer's painting "La Liseuse à la lettre", a large Roemer glass discovered on the bottom of the painting, it had been hidden behind a green curtain. Why did the artist choose to hide this glass of wine whose contents we can still guess?
Art History
The Girl with a Pearl Earring
Apr 25, 2023
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8 minutes read
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is a famous oil painting made around 1665 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. This work depicts an anonymous young girl wearing a pear-shaped bead and a dark blue turban, illuminated by light coming from the left. She is considered one of the most famous masterpieces of Western art and is often referred to as "The Mona Lisa of the North".
Art News
Has the Rijksmuseum published a 'fake image' of French President Macron?
Apr 19, 2023
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4 minutes read
During President Emmanuel Macron's official visit to Amsterdam, a photo published by the Rijksmuseum sows doubt about the President's actual visit to the Vermeer exhibition.
Lifestyle
The Lives of Artists on Screen: Films That Capture Creativity and Struggle
Mar 11, 2025
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6 minutes read
Artists have long fascinated filmmakers, providing rich material for stories about passion, genius, and turmoil. These films depict their artistic journeys while offering insight into their struggles and triumphs, bringing the world of art to life through figures like Van Gogh and Pollock.
Art News
Climate protesters smear paint on Edgar Degas ‘Little Dancer’
Apr 28, 2023
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2 minutes read
Two people protested against climate change by smearing paint on Edgar Degas' sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. The protesters wanted President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and stop giving fossil fuels new drilling permits.
Artist Portraits
MATHILDE OSCAR: The photo workshop inspired by painting
Oct 2, 2019
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2 minutes read
The photos are extremely refined, staged, bathed in a light that lets see the smallest detail. The woman who is at the heart of the stage wears clothes that refer to known universes: often atmospheres that evoke paintings (Veermer, Frida Kahlo, Manet, manga, ...).
Artist Portraits
Manuel, the medium of oil painting
Dec 14, 2022
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11 minutes read
At first, Manuel was more of a draftsman than a painter, then he experimented with acrylic paint, which he didn't like (quick drying, lack of shadows, etc.). Subsequently, the artist discovered oil painting and its secrets in 2010, and was immediately convinced that this technique would suit him...
Art News
The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin protects its paintings from torrential rains
Jun 27, 2023
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2 minutes read
Berlin Museum Takes Precautions to Protect Old Masters Paintings from Heavy Rains
Artist Portraits
Elena Raceala, a life that "breathes" through photography
Aug 6, 2022
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5 minutes read
During one of her trips to Italy, more precisely on a rainy morning in 2013, among the columns of the church of San Francesco di Paola in Piazza del Plebiscito in Naples, Elena Raceala took her first photo, beginning her greatest passion...
Artist Portraits
Paul Laurenzi: Art is an escape
Feb 26, 2025
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8 minutes read
"As a child, I drew a lot. It was a good way for me to escape. I also liked looking at art books. I felt close to these famous artists who had followed their path."
Art History
The history of Dutch art: from the Golden centu to contemporary times
Sep 7, 2022
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7 minutes read
The appellation Golden Age denotes that particular period of Dutch history, which, located between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, i.e., subsequent to the achievement of political autonomy, was marked by a formidable development of science and commerce, to say the least. In this context, the figurative arts, which must necessarily have been affected by, and consequently reflected, this florid climate, flourished to an extraordinary degree...
Pop Culture
When Cinema pays tribute to Masterpieces of Art History
Mar 20, 2021
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8 minutes read
Today, we're going to find out how art is expressed through the camera. Whether it's biographical films describing emblematic artistic trajectories, subtle references or homages known by everyone, one thing is sure: Art is everywhere!
Art History
Top 10: paintings of musicians
Aug 12, 2023
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13 minutes read
My top ten paintings relate art and music in the way the former of these two forms of expression approaches the latter, immortalizing and making concrete its intangible sound. In fact, it was probably painting that first approached the abstract world of notes...
Artist Portraits
Guillaume Brun, inspired by the audiovisual arts
Jan 28, 2023
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9 minutes read
"As far as I can go back in my memories, drawing has always been present. His interest was transmitted to me by my mother who, at the time, painted portraits"...
Artist Portraits
Gérard Esquerre, the inspiration that comes from a perceptual state
Mar 30, 2022
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5 minutes read
The work of Gérard Esquerre, pioneer of digital art and multi-faceted artist, stems from an almost permanent state of perception...
Artist Portraits
Malgorzata Lodygowska: drawing what surrounds me
Feb 14, 2024
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5 minutes read
"This has accompanied me since I was a child, it was as natural to me as everyday activities. The subjects that interested me from the very beginning were drawing what surrounded me, and animals, as a child I used to hide in a dog's crate. Among animals I felt safest."...
Artist Portraits
Babatunde Bakare: drawing makes me express myself
Apr 30, 2024
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5 minutes read
"I have really loved drawing right from my little age, it is something that, and I found joy doing it, the major event that triggers this journey started in my primary school I was the best art students among my peers and even I do usually help some of my teacher in drawing on the chalk board."...
Art History
Artmajeur offers a reinterpretation of the key themes of Art Basel 2024
Jun 11, 2024
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13 minutes read
Artmajeur offers a reinterpretation of the key themes of Art Basel 2024 through the works of its artists. Once again, the concepts of ecology, intimacy, history and politics emerge as central fulcrums, offering new perspectives and interpretations that enrich the cultural dialogue established by the fair.
Art History
Diego Velázquez: top 10 works of art
Sep 8, 2023
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15 minutes read
Therefore, my top 10, as well as many others in circulation, will necessarily be introduced by a brief presentation of the Spanish master, capable of bringing out his stylistic peculiarities, etc
Art News
DALL-E can make us discover what lies outside the frame of famous paintings
Sep 6, 2022
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2 minutes read
OpenAI's AI image generator now has "outpainting" built in.
Art History
Top 5 Mysteriously Missing Masterpieces
Oct 30, 2020
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7 minutes read
Today, let's look back at the tragic destiny of 5 prestigious and priceless artworks that have disappeared from the radars of the art world.
Art History
Art history: interiors with windows
Oct 3, 2023
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8 minutes read
The above is followed by an art-historical study regarding the window, aimed at highlighting how, within some masterpieces of art history, its depiction has not only been linked to figures with an attitude akin to Madame Bovary's...
Art History
Art quiz: guess the art technique!
Feb 8, 2023
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9 minutes read
Every time we read a book about art, go to a museum, exhibition or gallery, we can admire, live or on paper, a varying number of works of art, which is always accompanied by the name of the author, the title of the work, the year of execution, the technique, the measurements and the place of preservation...
Pop Culture
3 Emblematic Artists who Influenced Advertising
Jun 18, 2021
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9 minutes read
Art and advertising have a very close relationship. Embark with us on an artistic epic mixing fine arts and communication: when artists and their artworks offer their services to the consumer society.
Art News
Climate protester who spray painted artwork accused of terrorism
Apr 25, 2023
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2 minutes read
A climate activist in Australia is fighting a counter-terrorism charge she got for spray-painting an artwork at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth in January.
Pop Culture
Timothée Chalamet's face is visible in the greatest works of art
Feb 8, 2022
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2 minutes read
Timothée Chalamet's face has been Photoshopped onto famous paintings. The "Call Me by Your Name" actor has inspired painters as far back as Leonardo da Vinci.