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☆ A Rare Reunion of Vermeers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( J.S. Marcus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer didn’t live long, and he didn’t paint much. By the time he died in 1675, at age 43, he may have spent more time working at other jobs, including art dealer and innkeeper, than as an artist. Scholars now believe that some three dozen of his paintings survive, about one-tenth as many as Rembrandt. On Feb. 10, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum will make history with “Vermeer,” bringing together 28 acknowledged paintings by the Dutch master, substantially more than previous museum shows. Weber, the Rijksmuseum’s head of fine and decorative arts and the show’s co-curator.

☆ Edgy Campaigns Are Out, TikTok Won’t Stop and Other 2023 Predictions for Marketers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Patrick Coffee | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +11 min

Newsletter Sign-up WSJ | CMO Today CMO Today delivers the most important news of the day for media and marketing professionals. Most campaigns will focus on discounts to customers or showcase the usefulness of a company’s products, he said. Under this form of marketing, ad firms generally get paid upon completion of a desired end, such as a sale or download. In short, consumers should expect less “vacuous virtue-signaling” from marketers in the coming months, according to Mr. Proulx. But these platforms’ very struggles could result in ad bargains for marketers, said Mr. Solomon of Therabody.

☆ ‘Vermeer’s Secrets’ Review: A Master Under the Microscope
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-26 | by ( Mary Tompkins Lewis | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

WashingtonThe disparate realms of art and science have often converged in attempts to explicate the rarefied and indescribably beautiful paintings of Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Revered by his fellow painters in Delft, the Dutch artist fell into obscurity after his death, in part because of the scarcity of his output. Vermeer’s rediscovery by 19th-century scholars, connoisseurs, and especially the French art critic Théophile Thoré-Bürger spurred a crucial reassessment of his art, his stature in Holland’s Golden Age likened to that of Rembrandt. While only about 35 works can now be ascribed with certainty to the artist, a smattering of others—including likely copies, outright counterfeits, and paintings inspired by his own—have been considered over the years as candidates for inclusion in his prestigious oeuvre. “Vermeer’s Secrets,” a small exhibition at the National Gallery of Art that is drawn exclusively from its own holdings, navigates this contested territory with the aid of new research and imaging technology, and the results are as riveting as they are convincing (the show is a prelude to the Vermeer retrospective to be held in 2023 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam).

☆ Activists glue themselves to Goya paintings in Spanish climate protest
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Climate protesters from Extinction Rebellion stick themselves to Goya's paintings "Las maja naked" and "La maja ropa" to alert about the climate emergency in Madrid, Spain November 5, 2022 in this picture obtained from social media. Climate activists glued themselves to the frames of two world-famous paintings by Spanish master Francisco de Goya in Madrid's Prado museum on Saturday, the latest in a string of protests targeting artworks across Europe. A man and a woman attached themselves to Goya's "La Maja Vestida" (The Clothed Maja) and his "La Maja Desnuda" (The Naked Maja), and painted "+1.5 C" on the wall between the two works, video footage showed. Groups of climate activists have mounted a series of similar protest in recent weeks in the build-up to next week's COP27 climate change conference in Egypt. "We condemn the use of the museum as a place to make a political protest of any kind," the gallery added.

☆ Climate activists who targeted 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' sentenced to prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

AMSTERDAM, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Two Belgian climate change activists who last week targeted the famous Johannes Vermeer painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring" have been sentenced to two months in prison by the Dutch court, of which one month was suspended. The two men went to trial through a fast-track judgment on charges of destruction and open violence against the painting. All three are part of the climate group Just Stop Oil Belgium, which is not affiliated with Just Stop Oil in Britain. Just Stop Oil Belgium said the verdict was "ironic". "Isn't it ironic that climate activists who nonviolently oppose the mass slaughter of life on Earth are being condemned?

☆ Climate protesters campaign by throwing food at art, but does that work?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Leila Sackur | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

From cake smeared over the “Mona Lisa" to soup splashed over “Sunflowers,” recent climate protests at art galleries have grabbed international headlines but also raise questions about the effectiveness of these high-profile guerrilla tactics. But he said that war in Ukraine, the cost of living and energy crises had added urgency to the protests. While politicians have taken note of the protests, they have tended to criticize the way they have been carried out. Attacking defenseless works of art is not the right way,” Gunay Uslu, the Dutch culture and media minister tweeted Thursday. “What we’ve seen from Extinction Rebellion and other climate activist groups is that they’re very prepared to go to prison,” he said.

☆ 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' targeted with glue and liquid by climate activists
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Climate activists targeted Johannes Vermeer’s masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring” with glue and liquid on Thursday but one of the world’s most iconic paintings was not damaged in the latest of such publicity-seeking stunts. A video posted on Twitter showed one man pouring a can of red substance over another protester who appeared to attempt to glue his head to the glass-protected painting. The second man stuck his hand to the panel holding the centuries-old painting. “Art is defenseless, and the Mauritshuis firmly rejects attempts to damage it for any purpose whatsoever,” the museum said. It refused further comment since it argued it would only give the protesters further publicity.

☆ Activist glues his head to 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' painting in The Hague
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Tosterling Charlotte Campenhout | Charlotte Campenhout | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

AMSTERDAM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A climate activist glued his head to glass covering the world-famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring" painting at a museum in The Hague on Thursday, though the artwork was not damaged, gallery staff said. A second activist glued their hand to the wall next to the 1665 work by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer, and an unidentified liquid was thrown, the Mauritshuis museum said. An unverified video on social media showed two men near the painting, both wearing "Just Stop Oil" T-shirts. Earlier this month, Just Stop Oil activists threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery. A statement from Just Stop Oil said its activists were responsible and had thrown soup.

☆ I’ve Never Been an Impulse Buyer—Until Now
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-08 | by ( Julia Carpenter | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

During periods of high inflation, consumers sometimes try to “lock in” prices on long-desired items. First, there was the oh-so-smudgeable lilac eyeliner, another $16 added to my cart on a whim. Then, there was the $30 Etsy T-shirt, customized to print Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofernes,” purchased on my phone in the dead of night. But the third impulse buy prompted some reflection. Did I really need a 2-foot-tall minimalist neon sculpture of Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring?” No, of course not.

☆ VIDEO: O pictură de Winston Churchill, care a decorat iahtul lui Aristotel Onassis, vândută cu 1,84 milioane de dolari
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: captură videoVIDEO: O pictură de Winston Churchill, care a decorat iahtul lui Aristotel Onassis, vândută cu 1,84 milioane de dolariO pictură de Winston Churchill, oferită de fostul prim-ministru britanic prietenului său, armatorul grec Aristotel Onassis, a fost vândută cu 1,84 milioane de dolari în cadrul unei vânzări organizate miercuri la New York de casa de licitaţii Phillips, informează AFP. Acest "super-iaht", denumit "Christina" - prenumele fiicei lui Onassis - a fost o fregată a marinei canadiene, cu o lungime de aproape 100 de metri. Ambarcaţiunea a participat la Debarcarea din Normandia, înainte ca Onassis să o achiziţioneze, după război, cu 34.000 de dolari, scrie Agerpres.ro. Onassis a renovat generos ambarcaţiunea, cheltuind aproximativ 4 milioane de dolari, pentru a o face "una dintre cele mai incredibile structuri plutitoare" şi unul dintre locurile preferate ale protipendadei epocii, a declarat Engelen. După decesul lui Onassis, în 1975, la şapte ani de la căsătoria cu Jackie Kennedy, iahtul a fost vândut şi tot ce se afla la bord a fost depozitat.

Persons: Winston Churchill, Aristotel Onassis, licitaţii Phillips, Churchill, Phillips, Angelina Jolie, . Churchill, Jean, Paul Engelen, Vermeer, Gauguin, El Greco, Pissarro, Christina, Onassis, Ambarcaţiunea, Elizabeth Taylor, John F . Kennedy, Maria Callas, Richard Burton, Grace Kelly, prinţul Rainier al III - lea, Jackie Kennedy, Pol Roger Organizations: canadiene Locations: New York, britanic, Christie's, Normandia

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