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Mona Lisa's smile, the shading of Caravaggio and Vermeer's stolen glances, frozen forever, are some of the art world's greatest treasures. Even if...
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Although Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence only contains four paintings by Vermeer himself, this exhibition, full of unknown female subjects and wonderful Dutch interiors, is an absolute delight.
Leaving the Gerhard Richter exhibition at the Tate, one is greeted by a similar sense of uncertainty. It's interesting to note that Richter himself acknowledged the influence of Vermeer's work Girl Reading Letter at an Open Window in his 1994 piece Reader
Beneath the shimmering surface lies a deep and often murky world of introspection, privacy and contemplation. We are, I would suggest, looking into the minds of artists inhabiting a world which was deeply engrossed in self-analysis and thought.
