Vermeer mania hits new heights on the again of the blockbuster Rijksmuseum present with (look ahead to it) a brand new actuality TV present referred to as The New Vermeer. The premise is pretty easy—two skilled painters and a number of newbie artists should re-create a few of Vermeer’s misplaced work corresponding to The Live performance (1664) which hung within the Isabella Stewart Gardner portray in Boston, Massachusetts, till 1990 when it was stolen. The work, that are made in all kinds of supplies together with Lego, are judged by Vermeer consultants from the Rijksmuseum and from the Mauritshuis in The Hague. In line with The New York Occasions, “the mash-up of intellectual tradition and mass leisure has been an immediate sensation within the Netherlands, with 1.3 million viewers (in a rustic of 17 million) tuning in for the primary episode.” All the works created up to now could be seen in a web based gallery; the masterly actuality TV present is broadcast by Omroep Max.
