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Tickets to Sold-Out Vermeer Show Are Going for Hundreds 

by Hakim Bishara March 24, 2023March 28, 2023

The online resale market for the Rijksmuseum’s smash exhibition is booming, with tickets selling on eBay for over $2K.

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Extinction Rebellion Storms Rijksmuseum for Rembrandt Action

by Rhea Nayyar March 6, 2023March 6, 2023

Changing tactics, the climate activists avoided gluing themselves to the masterpiece or smearing it with food products.

Posted inArt

Basking in Vermeer’s Light at Rijksmuseum

by AX Mina February 12, 2023February 14, 2023

In Vermeer’s paintings, the world is much larger than we imagined and yet somehow deep, meaningful, and magical.

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It Was No Pearl Earring, Friends

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael February 10, 2023February 10, 2023

The pearl earring in Johannes Vermeer’s famous masterpiece was likely a fake, researchers say.

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Rare Lead Compound Found in Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch”

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

Researchers are investigating whether the presence of lead formate originated from past attempts to conserve the painting.

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Largest-Ever Vermeer Exhibition Opening at Rijksmuseum in 2023

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 26, 2022December 23, 2022

From February through June, the Amsterdam museum will display 28 works by the Dutch Golden Age master.

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An Experimental AI Film Director Calls it Quits

by Ben R. Nicholson July 31, 2022July 30, 2022

For years, Eye Filmmuseum’s Jan Bot has turned film fragments into digital experimental shorts. Now, with the project ending, those shorts will be archived via NFT.

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How the Hermitage Amsterdam Finally Broke Free From Mother Russia

Avatar photo by Tim Brinkhof April 28, 2022April 28, 2022

The Dutch institution had long tried to distance itself from Putin’s Russia, but after the invasion of Ukraine, distance was no longer enough.

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The City of Amsterdam Will Restitute a Kandinsky to Heirs

by Cassie Packard September 7, 2021September 7, 2021

Many had previously decried the decision not to restitute the work, alleging that the museum had more to gain by keeping the important painting than the heirs.

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See Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” in Its Entirety, Thanks to AI Restoration

by Hakim Bishara June 24, 2021June 26, 2021

In 1715, the colossal painting was trimmed from all four sides, and the removed pieces were later lost.

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In Surprise Ruling, Kandinsky Painting Will Not Be Returned to Jewish Collector Heirs

by Cassie Packard January 6, 2021January 5, 2021

The Amsterdam District Court rejected claims from the heirs of a Jewish art collector that a 1909 painting by Kandinsky in Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum was sold under Nazi-era duress and should be returned.

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Amsterdam Wants Residents to Tone Down Their Christmas Lights

by Hakim Bishara December 18, 2020December 17, 2020

If the proposal passes, yule be sorry if you go overboard with colorful lights or Santa displays in the Dutch city.

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