How a widow’s legal fight against the Wildenstein family of France has threatened their storied collection — and revealed the underbelly of the global art market.
Tag: Vermeer, Jan
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Seeing Beyond the Beauty of a Vermeer
The violence of his era can be found in his serene masterpieces — if you know where to look.
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Why We Want to Live (and Work) in That Vermeer Light
A quick scan of real estate listings shows the instinctive hold that sunlight has over us.
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How Hard Is It to Paint Like Vermeer? TV Contestants Find Out.
Amateur and professional artists are competing to recreate some of the old master’s lost works in a Dutch reality show that coincides with a blockbuster Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam.
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The Fullest View of Vermeer Still Leaves Plenty to the Imagination
A blockbuster exhibition brings together more paintings by the Dutch master than ever before. Yet he remains a mystery, despite efforts by authors, filmmakers and researchers to fill the empty space.