They called him the Sphinx of Delft. He was one of art’s most enigmatic figures, a painter whose serene interiors concealed ...

A new book of essays by Zadie Smith, a critical look into Elon Musk’s empire, a biography of Johannes Vermeer and more.

This week, a new biography of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer was welcomed by critics while new titles in historical fiction and folk horror, as well as a “devastating” memoir, also received acclaim.

For 360 years, her pensive stare has captivated all who have fixed their eyes on hers. But as for who the muse in Johannes Vermeer's 1665 work Girl with a Pearl Earring actually was, that has been an ...

Everybody loves a good mystery. That may explain why, for generations, art lovers have sought to learn the identity of the unknown subject in Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring ...

New advanced-imaging technology is making it easier to see what lurks below—at least in art-historical terms. In the run-up to the Rijksmuseum’s celebration of the 350th anniversary of Johannes ...

The pandemic gave researchers at the National Gallery of Art an opportunity to closely examine paintings by Johannes Vermeer. They discovered one was painted by someone else. The collection of ...

The crime remains unsolved, and the Gardner staff keeps the empty frames on view, a poignant reminder of the loss. Vermeer's painting may never be seen again, returned to the obscurity in which the ...

The hotly anticipated blockbuster of Johannes Vermeer, which reunites 28 out of 37 known paintings by the mysterious 17th-century Dutch master, has finally opened. Some Vermeer enthusiasts vented ...

Research has revealed that there is an overpainted figure in the background of Vermeer’s A Maid Asleep (1656-57) The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Recent research by the ...