Rijksmuseum to Stage the Largest Vermeer Exhibition in 2023
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#2A fine reason to visit Amsterdam. I'm sure KLM will be telling us all about this soon.
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, had a big Vermeer exhibition 25 years ago. It unfortunately overlapped with a government shutdown, which made it inaccessible for some days, until a private foundation came up with the money to reopen it. My recollection is that we visited the exhibition while it was running on donated money, meaning that it was the only part of the National Gallery that was open. But it has been a while.
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#3If you're a basic techie with little appreciation for the fine arts, watch a film called "Tim's Vermeer". It will make you want to go to this exhibition.
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#4If you're a basic techie with little appreciation for the fine arts, watch a film called "Tim's Vermeer". It will make you want to go to this exhibition.
Exactly. That's what put Vermeer on my radar. Trailer here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94pCNUu6qFY
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#5A fine reason to visit Amsterdam. I'm sure KLM will be telling us all about this soon. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, had a big Vermeer exhibition 25 years ago. It unfortunately overlapped with a government shutdown, which made it inaccessible for some days, until a private foundation came up with the money to reopen it. My recollection is that we visited the exhibition while it was running on donated…
I was just thinking of that weekend 25 years ago when a group of us drove down to DC from Boston to see the exhibit only to get there right when they closed the government and locked the doors. Ah well, I have been to the Rijksmuseum to see the Vermeers they have on permanent display and it is well worth the visit even without this planned big exhibit.
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#6Taking in mind that he painted like thirty oils in their entire career, that will deserve a visit if you are near, for sure. The man was the Aardman studio of his age.
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#7Interestingly Vermeer died penniless and nobody liked his paintings until they were rediscovered in the 19th century.
A common theme in the Netherlands. I always joke that it's better to be an artist in Iran. Culture is a waste of time and artists are just lazy bastards who need to get a real job. A merchant Republic like Venice but it never lost its focus on money for fashion.
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#8Taking in mind that he painted like thirty oils in their entire career, that will deserve a visit if you are near, for sure. The man was the Aardman studio of his age.
That is an incredible level of perseverance. Was he working on these 30 oils continuously?
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#9Parens with a year after the title is HN style for “written in this year”, which momentarily threw me.
Anyway, much love to the Rijksmusuem for the amount of CC0 content they have. It’s a staple for covers for my productions for Standard Ebooks.
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#10If you wish to visit this exhibition, try to plan your visit well outside of the tourist season. The exhibition runs from February 10th 2023 to June 4th 2023, so my advice would be to aim for February, March, or early April at the latest.
The Rijksmuseum is situated on a square in Amsterdam alongside the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk and draws a crowd for its special exhibitions and top pieces.
(Edit: Forgot to mention the Stedelijk Museum!)