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Rose Dugdale, born into privilege in 1941, rejected her aristocratic upbringing to join the IRA; in 1974 she helped lead one of the era’s largest art heists at the Beit family’s Russborough estate, ripping valuable paintings— including a Vermeer— from their frames before fleeing; she later became involved in IRA arms activities, was jailed, and died in March 2024 at age 83.
The Mauritshuis will lend Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' to the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka this summer, marking a rare international travel for the painting, which is usually kept as a star exhibit in the Netherlands. The loan, organized in collaboration with Asahi Shimbun, aims to fund museum renovations and create an education center, offering a unique opportunity for Japanese audiences to experience the iconic artwork.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has closed its blockbuster exhibition of paintings by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer, which was hailed as its most successful ever. The exhibition attracted 650,000 visitors from 113 countries during its 16-week run that started in early February. The exhibition included 28 of the 37 paintings generally ascribed to Vermeer, including seven paintings that had never previously been displayed publicly in the Netherlands. Six Vermeer paintings will remain on show in the Rijksmuseum's Gallery of Honor.