Artist Joe Fig ’s Contemplating Vermeer gives visitors a glimpse into the world of the famous 17th-century artist while ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest faced a crushing disappointment as his painting, previously valued at up to £500,000, failed to ...

An exhibition at the Sarasota Museum of Art, ‘Contemplating Vermeer’, highlights the art of experiencing art. The exhibition ...

Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master who ... That’s one takeaway from “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry,” an exhibit (October 22 through January ...

There is also a bright red tablecloth, a painting behind, and patterns and taints on the window. One of Vermeer’s most iconic work is ‘The Art of Painting’. It gives people a glimpse into ...

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.

“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 ...

World News // 2 years ago Climate activist glues head to iconic Dutch painting Protests to stop climate change continued on Thursday, as one man attempted to glue his head to Johannes Vermeer's ...

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 ...

Johannes Vermeer's "Girl With The Pearl Earring" is one of the world's most popular paintings—and now scientists believe they know why, by measuring how the brain reacts when the work is viewed.