Neither the Louvre nor the Prado: the most expensive museum theft in history took place in 1990

It was on March 18, 1990, in Boston, when two thieves disguised as police officers stole a Rembrandt and a Vermeer valued at ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Closer to Vermeer’ Review: A Painter’s Mysteries

Secreted away beneath layers of paint in Johannes Vermeer’s “A Maid Asleep” (ca. 1657) sits a faceless man. The figure, now buried by rich, dark pigments in the top-right corner, was first detected in ...
CNN

Seeing double: Vermeer painting and its mysterious ‘twin’ go on show

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. One of Johannes Vermeer’s most famous paintings, “The Guitar Player,” has gone on show ...
The Observer on MSN

Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring finally gets a name

The woman long blamed for her role in the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is getting a modern makeover. The Spanish called ...