Three Belgian climate activists who were previously sentenced to prison for a protest targeting Johannes Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring” will no longer face any punishment for ...

That’s one takeaway from “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting: Inspiration and Rivalry,” an exhibit (October 22 through January 21) at Washington’s National Gallery of Art.

The scans also revealed that Vermeer made compositional changes during the painting process, such as the position of the ear. They also allowed researchers to trace where his pigments originated.

Joe Fig’s exhibition at the Sarasota Museum of Art, ‘Contemplating Vermeer’ highlights the art of experiencing art.

Experts have found a hidden jug holder and basket in Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's famed painting The Milkmaid which he later painted over, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum said on Thursday. The ...