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.

Last week such connoisseurs took note, with panic or delight, of a controversy which concerned a painting called The Guitar Player, executed long ago by famed Jan Vermeer der Delft; a painting of ...

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

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

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 ...

Museumgoers viewing art—that’s usually the finish line in the fine artist’s creative process. But for Joe Fig, it’s just the beginning. In Fig’s latest exhibition, Contemplating Vermeer ...

Joe Fig chairs Ringling College of Arts and Design’s fine arts and visual studies programs. He’s also an art instructor, and he teaches what he does. Fig paints, constantly. His paintings ...