Johannes Vermeer

His grinning subjects can be hard to take seriously. But a major exhibition argues that Frans Hals is an old master on par with Rembrandt and Vermeer.

In her memoir “Thunderclap,” the British art critic Laura Cumming explores her passion for the virtuosic images of everyday life by painters from Dutch art’s golden age.

At two extended viewings this past weekend, some of the last visitors saw the show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam that many wanted to experience, but only a lucky 650,000 people could.

The violence of his era can be found in his serene masterpieces — if you know where to look.

A quick scan of real estate listings shows the instinctive hold that sunlight has over us.

Amateur and professional artists are competing to recreate some of the old master’s lost works in a Dutch reality show that coincides with a blockbuster Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam.

This blockbuster at the Rijksmuseum, never to be repeated, pares the sphinx of Dutch art to the essence: 28 gemlike paintings.

A blockbuster exhibition brings together more paintings by the Dutch master than ever before. Yet he remains a mystery, despite efforts by authors, filmmakers and researchers to fill the empty space.

Bard’s survey of European traditions finally reveals exactly what Vermeer’s ‘Lacemaker’ was up to.

The museum will present “Girl With a Flute” as a Vermeer work in an exhibition next year despite a contrary finding by the National Gallery of Art, which owns the painting.