An exhibit of paintings by Ringling College professor Joe Fig are a study of museum patrons really looking at paintings by ...

“Contemplating Vermeer” is his most recent series, curated by Rangsook Yoon at Sarasota Art Museum of Ringling College. The 16 paintings in this series looks at the rapt viewers of Johannes ...

Now on view at Sarasota Art Museum is Fig’s own contemplation of one such show. In 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam hosted a blockbuster exhibition of Johannes Vermeer, showcasing 28 of the 35 ...

Anyone outraged that a banana duct-taped to a wall sold for $120,000 in 2019 was in for a shock this year. In November, an ...

In addition to some long-awaited exhibitions, some museums are opening or reopening their doors after years of wait.

The museum also said, in a statement ... In the Netherlands, three Belgian climate activists who targeted Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” escaped unpunished, after an appeals ...

One of the prints was a modern interpretation of Johannes Vermeer’s famous painting ... I don’t think I’ve ever seen a print museum before and I really enjoy the Turner.

2025 is set to be a landmark year, with iconic art, theater and music events taking the world by storm, offering ...

Most of us have whiled away a pleasant afternoon browsing the impressionists at the Museum of Fine Arts, or pausing between portraits to appreciate the garden at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

The Farmers Market at Lakewood Ranch, which was voted as the top farmers market in Florida for the second year in a row, will ...

The artist Joe Fig (b.1968) is renowned for his ongoing “Contemplation” series — small, intimate paintings of people looking at artworks in museums and galleries.