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Old Masters Have No Constituency? Tell the Crowds Shutting Down the Louvre’s New Vermeer Show

February 28, 2017 by Marion Maneker

Vermeer v Metsu
Vermeer v Metsu

Last week, the Louvre opened a show of Vermeer putting him in context of his peers and showing the ways in which Dutch Golden Age genre painters influenced and competed with each other. From the opening day, the crowds have surprised and overwhelmed the Louvre to the point that demand shut down online ticketing.

Think about that. The world’s most-visited museum couldn’t handle the traffic and visitor interest. Here’s L’Express explaining:Continue Reading

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