“Close to Vermeer” – Very personal [MOVIE REVIEW]
Alas and alack. The extraordinary Vermeer exhibition in Amsterdam at the Rijksmuseum is over. Running from February 10 until June 4, 450,000 tickets were allotted and quickly sold out, almost before it opened. There have been other exhibits of this Delft artist, but none as comprehensive. There are only 37 known Vermeer paintings and the museum was successful in procuring 28 from around the world. Tourists planned vacations around these dates, and most were disappointed when they couldn’t get in. What is left, however, besides a plethora of “Girl with the Pearl Earring” backpacks, scarves, and coffee cups, is a fabulous documentary that traces the research, lending negotiations, curation and analysis of the paintings that were obtained by Gregor Weber and Pieter Roelofs, curators from the Rijksmuseum. Director Suzanne Raes’s gift to us is her beautiful and informative documentary called “Close to Vermeer.” Gregor Weber. Photo courtesy of Kino Lorber. Learning about the plans for this show in early 2021, Raes contacted Weber and Roelofs about making a film detailing their preparations for the opening. They consented and we, who were unable to visit the show during those four short…
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