Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. Focusing on Vermeer’s work— only 37 of his paintings exist ...

KUSA – Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer is considered by some to be the greatest painter of all time. His work mainly focused on a middle-class life and a domestic home life. Vermeer died in 1675, many ...

The Penn and Teller documentary, Tim's Vermeer, has been buzzing about for a while now, but the film's first trailer is finally here. The picture follows inventor Tim Jenison in his attempts to ...

Penn & Teller document how inventor Tim Jenison sought to unravel the mysterious painting techniques used by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. t In spite of the relatively recent advent of CGI, Photoshop ...

Vermeer is not just breaking records at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The blockbuster show—450,000 tickets sold out in two days—has also been caught on camera for the hit documentary Vermeer: The ...

In June, Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum closed the doors on “Vermeer,” the largest-ever exhibition of the paintings of Johannes Vermeer that drew more than 650,000 people from 113 countries to see 28 of the ...

But Tim's quest is not Quixotic. He becomes convinced that even Vermeer could not have painted so masterfully without a little technical help, and develops a kind of camera obscura using tools ...

“Tim’s Vermeer” is a simple little documentary that, in not 90 minutes, accomplishes nothing less than the demystification of artistic genius. We’ve long been romanticized by the concept of the divine ...

In a San Antonio warehouse, Tim Jenison slaves over his canvas. He gently caresses its surface with a tiny brush, leaving minute strokes of oil paint behind as he painstakingly recreates the delicate ...

“Tim’s Vermeer” is a simple little documentary that, in 80 minutes, accomplishes nothing less than the demystification of artistic genius. We’ve long been romanticized by the concept of the divine ...

NEW YORK (July 29, 2013) – Sony Pictures Classics announced today they have acquired worldwide rights to the documentary TIM’S VERMEER, directed by Teller of PENN & TELLER fame. Produced by Teller’s ...