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
Changing tactics, the climate activists avoided gluing themselves to the masterpiece or smearing it with food products.
Museum Under Fire for Showing AI Version of Vermeer Masterpiece
One artist said the Mauritshuis Museum’s decision to display “A Girl With a Pearl Earring” made using Midjourney “highly unethical.”
Submit Your Wildest Version of “Girl With a Pearl Earring”
Your artwork could be shown at the painting’s home in the Netherlands while the original travels for an exhibition.
Mysterious Oil Sketch Turns Out to Be a Real Rembrandt
The sketch was thought to be a copy, but historians still don’t know its function.
How the Hermitage Amsterdam Finally Broke Free From Mother Russia
The Dutch institution had long tried to distance itself from Putin’s Russia, but after the invasion of Ukraine, distance was no longer enough.
Thousands Pledge To Egg Jeff Bezos’s Mega-Yacht As It Passes Through Rotterdam Bridge
“We don’t just take [Rotterdam] apart for the phallus symbol of a megalomaniac billionaire,” said the protest’s organizers, who oppose dismantling the historic bridge.
Omicron’s Rapid Spread Shuts Down Museums Across Europe
Art institutions in London, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and elsewhere are impacted by the new wave of closures.
Interrogating the Past and Examining Resistance at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Even with a tighter virtual program, IFFR is still setting the standard for this year’s arthouse film slate.
A Fanciful Collection of Over 4,000 Rare Surrealist Books and Periodicals
Collectors Laurens Vancrevel and Frida de Jong, who have been building a collection of international Surrealist literature since the 1960s, donated the trove to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.
After Years of Repatriation Debates, France’s Benin Restitution Bill Approved
Meanwhile, a new report commissioned by the Dutch culture minister suggests the return of “any cultural objects looted in former Dutch colonies if the source country so requests.”
After Years of Debate Over Colonial Ties, Witte de With Center Changes Its Name
The name Kunstinstituut Melly was chosen through an extensive renaming process, which began in 2018. The new name will come into effect on January 27, 2021.