They remain under-studied, but religious themes and symbolism abound in his work. The “girl with a pearl earring” might as well be holding a rosary off canvas. Johannes Vermeer, the 17th ...

What Johannes Vermeer painting was the name of a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson? Picture: AFP ...

Two British climate change activists from the group Just Stop Oil were taken into custody after spray-painting the ancient site at Stonehenge the color orange to protes World News // 2 years ago ...

What a coincidence that the largest art heist happened in a museum whose curator wanted nothing in it to change. Today, the ...

What’s behind the new, more measurement approaches to programming at museums, art fairs and more? Plus, a chat about current tensions around culture in the Netherlands and a close look at one of the ...

Politicians in the land of Vincent Van Gogh, Johannes Vermeer, and Johan Cruyff are looking to reduce the impact of U.S. tech firms such as ...

Spanish artist Mark Rios completed the mural in his signature "dripping" style in six days. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Posy of Flowers, with a Beetle, on a Stone LedgePICTORIALMany of us are familiar with titans of the Dutch Golden Age like ...

Among the 13 works stolen in Boston’s Gardner Museum art theft in 1990 was “The Concert,” a painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. It is considered the most valuable unrecovered ...