Holland - Finestre sull'Arte

Utrecht, a contemporary artist reinterprets the colonial gaze of an 18th-century artist

A unique dialogue between ancient and contemporary at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht, the Netherlands, from Sept. 13, 2025 to Feb. 13, 2026: as part of the exhibition, Dutch artist Willem de Rooij (Beverwijk, 1969) analyzes the visual culture of the ...
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Vermeer, the two "guitarists" compared after three centuries: what is their relationship?

For the first time in more than three centuries, two nearly identical canvases that have long been discussed will be found next to each other: they are the celebrated Woman Playing the Guitar by Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675) and its enigmatic...
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At the Rijksmuseum, a large immersive exhibition takes us to Dutch homes in the time of Rembrandt and Vermeer

This fall, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam invites the public to immerse themselves in the everyday life of the 17th century with At Home in the 17th Century, a major exhibition intended to explore domestic life in the time of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Fr...
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In 2023, the first major Vermeer retrospective at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, with loans from around the world

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will devote a retrospective exhibition for the first time in its history, in the spring of 2023, to Johannes Vermeer, the 17th-century Dutch master and author of the celebrated painting depicting the Girl with a Pearl Ear...
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An exhibition in Holland recreates, and makes you smell, the smells of scenes painted in paintings

An exhibition in which it is possible to ... smell art history. This is the unusual experiment that the Mauritshuis in The Hague (the home of Jan Vermeer's celebrated Girl with a Pearl Earring ) will launch as soon as the Dutch museums reopen their ...
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A journey through the themes of Rembrandt van Rijn's early masterpieces

Walking through the streets of Leiden(Leiden in Dutch) one can still feel the atmosphere of RembrandtHarmenszoon van Rijn (Leiden, 1606 - Amsterdam, 1669), the famous Dutch painter to whom the city gave birth in 1606. A plaque on the building whe...
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Entering the homes of seventeenth-century Holland with the works of Pieter de Hooch

The city of Delft is continually juxtaposed with the birthplace of Jan Vermeer (Delft, 1632 - 1675), the famous painter of the Girl with a Pearl Earring who was born here and spent his entire existence. Simply walking through the streets of Delft on...
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