There are Penn and Teller fans, and there are art-history fans. And while it might not be entirely accurate to say that never the twain shall meet, it's probably safe to say there's not as much ...

Consider Supporting HoH: In 1946, the second world war had just ended, a Dutch artist and art collector stood trial in Amsterdam. His charge? Collaboration, for selling cherished cultural heritage to ...

What makes Johannes Vermeer aka “the Sphinx of Deft” so unique? Is it the way the artist, who lived from 1632 to 1675, bathes his subjects in natural light? The faces of his famous, frequently female ...

Museo de Arte de Ponce, The Luis A Ferré Foundation, Inc Kelly Grovier traces the pigments that make up hidden layers in masterpieces – some of them toxic – from Picasso and Hokusai's Prussian Blue to ...

Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer was baptized on this day in 1632 in his hometown of Delft in the Netherlands. For centuries, the painter was a mysterious figure in art history, with very little known ...

Vermeer’s The Art of Painting (1666-68), now a highlight of Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, has long been regarded as his masterpiece. The artist retained the picture for the last years of his life ...

When you think "World War II movie about famous artwork and Nazis," you may think of the thoroughly mediocre “The Monuments Men." Fortunately, "The Last Vermeer" is a new addition to the genre. This ...

Long considered a minor figure in art history with only around 35 works to his name, Johannes Vermeer is today one of the world's most revered painters. Long considered a minor figure in art history ...

Opening to the public this Friday, February 10, “Vermeer” at the Netherlands’s national museum of art and history presents a total of 28 out of the 37 known paintings by the artist, making the show ...

Kelly Grovier traces the pigments that make up hidden layers in masterpieces – some of them toxic – from Picasso and Hokusai's Prussian Blue to Vermeer's shade of red. Colours have minds of their own.