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Rijksmuseum to Stage the Largest Vermeer Exhibition in 2023

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Re: Rijksmuseum to Stage the Largest Vermeer Exhibition in 2023

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Post by bschne »

jmkd wrote: post #31

For a while I worked at Kenwood House in Hampstead, London. Home of Vermeer's The Guitar Player. As you may know, Vermeers are so few and far between that it's entirely possible to see every one (~36) if you're able to travel the world. So, there exists a subculture of (often) wealthy Vermeer completeists who travel the world doing exactly that. Every month or so at Kenwood, we would be instructed to come in early to…

> As you may know, Vermeers are so few and far between that it's entirely possible to see every one (~36) if you're able to travel the world.

As someone has actually done and made a website about:

https://jlord.us/vermeer/about.html

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Post by toolz »

tinco wrote: post #40
toolz wrote: post #28

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Would you rather have unique tastes that make you relatable to no one or would you rather have preferences that put you in a category of people that makes you relatable and approachable? I've never understood this aversion to "basic" - it feels like vanity to me when people have a desire to be unique just for the sake of standing out. It seems like society would collapse if everyone was truly unique. Maybe you or som…

Maybe if you were less basic you would understand, and you could join those unique individuals with a grasp on why humans are vain.

Maybe, but alas, I'm basic and wouldn't change it for the world. I value other humans too much to try and distance myself from them. We're social animals, it seems natural and good to embrace that.

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

Freak_NL wrote: post #10

If 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 m…

And outside of the Covid crisis of course; nobody should be traveling unless absolutely necessary, and nobody should be visiting museums unless fully vaccinated (for their own safety), masked up, and there's a strict visitor limit. I'm not convinced ventilation would be good enough in a museum given they can't open windows.

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Post by reaperducer »

jmkd wrote: post #31

For a while I worked at Kenwood House in Hampstead, London. Home of Vermeer's The Guitar Player. As you may know, Vermeers are so few and far between that it's entirely possible to see every one (~36) if you're able to travel the world. So, there exists a subculture of (often) wealthy Vermeer completeists who travel the world doing exactly that. Every month or so at Kenwood, we would be instructed to come in early to…

I'm talking all that trouble for 1-2 minutes in front of the Vermeer so they could check it off their list. And then they were off.

Reminds me of people who (pre-pandemic) would compete for the most country stamps in their passports. They would never see many of the countries they visited, beyond the airport's passport control facility.

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Post by dylan604 »

mikkelam wrote: post #29
fsloth wrote: post #25

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"basic techie with little appreciation for the fine arts" Why would interest in technology negatively correlate with interest in art? That presumes a very specific correlation between chosen profession and cultural interests. The document is very fun! But just trying painting will quickly educate a person of the pragmatics. Starting painting is really simple nowdays with IPad, Apple Pen and Procreate. There are tons…

> Why would interest in technology negatively correlate with interest in art? OP didnt write any such thing. I think you're reading too much into his comment.

Because of the world, I have to wonder are people really this overly sensitive, or just trolls looking to stir trouble?

However, this person seems very confused on what painting is. After their insensitivity accusations, they go on to claim that drawing on a iPad is equivalent to painting. That's like claiming someone plaing a golf game on iPad has insights on the skill of professional golfer.

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Post by alamortsubite »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #45
Freak_NL wrote: post #10

If 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 m…

And outside of the Covid crisis of course; nobody should be traveling unless absolutely necessary, and nobody should be visiting museums unless fully vaccinated (for their own safety), masked up, and there's a strict visitor limit. I'm not convinced ventilation would be good enough in a museum given they can't open windows.

To assuage some of your concerns, the museum requires an EU COVID certificate and accompanying ID for entry, capacity is reduced, and visitors must wear masks except while dining in the cafe. Your travel fears are off-topic so I'll leave it at that.

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Post by alamortsubite »

laegooose wrote: post #47
alamortsubite wrote: post #32

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Right now it's likely also the most COVID-safe restaurant in Amsterdam.

Can you elaborate?

Capacity is heavily reduced in the cafe. There's also a protocol for the servers to deliver your food to an empty table near to you, which you then fetch yourself, so the servers aren't in close contact with the diners. Obviously, you order via QR code and the museum website, and everyone in the place has shown an EU COVID pass and valid ID to get in.

The cafe is also very open and airy, though it is still indoors. I guess swallowing a herring standing outside overlooking a gracht is even safer, so it's fair to say I exaggerated, but it's also easy to find a packed bar in town, and similarly a kebab shop with indoor dining where they don't give a rat's ass about your COVID certificate.

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