Art in Frame: Vermeer. Close to the master

The protagonist of this fascinating documentary is a man who could create a universe in a corner of a room and how no one knew how to capture and immortalize fleeting, intimate moments - Johannes Vermeer, one of the greatest painters in history. As promised in the title, Close to the Master removes famous works from the walls, removes them from the frames and takes them to the laboratory to show us up close the stunning details — for example, The Girl with the Pearl — and reveal the layers hidden under the paint. The creators also allow us to look behind the scenes of the most famous exhibition of the year, where the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam collected most of the existing 35 paintings of the brilliant Dutchman.

Suzanne Raes's documentary is also an intriguing collective portrait of museologists, curators, conservators, collectors, art dealers — experts and enthusiasts. Vermeer. Close to the master, he also talks about those who connected their lives with the artist, wishing to be as close as possible to his works, genius and mystery, which, despite the most advanced research, remains both his history and painting.