Words by the Water
Andrew Graham Dixon: Vermeer – A New Vision
Thursday 12 March | 3pmLeading art critic, broadcaster and historian Andrew Graham-Dixon sheds light on the elusive 17th century artist Johannes Vermeer of Delft whose paintings are some of the most sublime in the history of art. Drawing on newly uncovered archival material, he re-evaluates Vermeer, not as an isolated genius, but as a painter embedded in the radical, intellectual and political life of his time. He reveals surprising aspects of the artist’s life, and opens our eyes to new ways of looking at his paintings.