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

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.

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

A Life Lost and Found by Andrew Graham-Dixon ...

When Girl with a Pearl Earring appeared as lot 38 at an Amsterdam auction in 1696, it didn’t have a formal name. It was described in the catalog as a tronie, a Dutch character study with exaggerated ...

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In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

09:33, Mon, Oct 13, 2025 Updated: 10:05, Mon, Oct 13, 2025 A mysterious girl with a pearl earring from Johannes Vermeer's famous painting was likely the daughter of the painter's commissioner, a ...

During World War II, a small Allied unit known as the Monuments Men risked their lives to protect Europe’s art, monuments, ...

“She totally missed everything, the truth of who I am, what my impact is,” Paltrow told British Vogue about Odell’s biography, noting that she did not personally read it but her husband, Brad Falchuk, ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Restlessness is deeply rooted in American mythology. We are a country of pilgrims, engaged in a lifelong search for what Ralph Waldo Emerson called an “original ...