Exhibition and Exhibition Catalogue Reviews

At Home with Ter Borch: Artist Family in Zwolle

By Marjorie E. Wieseman (curator)

Zwolle, Museum de Fundatie, September 6, 2025 – February 1, 2026.
Exh. cat. ed. by Beatrice von Bormann, Sanne van de Kraats, Gerdien Verschoor, and Marjorie E. Wieseman. Zwolle: Wbooks, 2025. 176 pp, fully illustrated in color. ISBN 9789462587359. Dutch edition: Thuis bij Ter Borch. ISBN 9789462587205.

Review published July 2026

Published in conjunction with the exhibition in Zwolle, this book is devoted to the art of the Ter Borch family, much of which consists of works on paper now housed in the Rijksmuseum since 1887. The [...] Read More

Early Netherlandish Drawings 1400-1600

By Olenka Horbatsch and Charlotte Wytema (curators)

London, The British Museum, April 16 – September 20, 2026.
Exh. cat. ed. by Olenka Horbatsch and Charlotte Wytema, London: The British Museum Press, 2026, 368 pp, 320 illus. ISBN 978-0-7141-3651-6.

Review published June 2026

Accompanying an exhibition of its spectacular holdings of Netherlandish drawings, the British Museum has issued its richly illustrated definitive catalogue of collection highlights, the first in [...] Read More

Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages

By Melanie Holcomb and Nancy Thebaut (curators)

New York, The Cloisters, October 17, 2025 – March 29, 2026.

Exh. cat. ed. by Melanie Holcomb and Nancy Thebaut, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025, 144 pp. ISBN 9781588398055.

Review published April 2026

Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages, edited by Melanie Holcomb and Nancy Thebaut, was designed to accompany an exhibition of the same title at The Cloisters in New York. [...] Read More

Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750

By Virginia Treanor and Frederica Van Dam (curators)

Washington, DC, National Museum of Women in the Arts, September 26, 2025 – January 11, 2026; Ghent, Museum of Fine Arts, March 7 – May 31, 2026.
Exh. cat. ed. by Virginia Treanor and Frederica Van Dam. Veurne: Hannibal, 2026. 284 pp. ISBN 978-9493416277.

Review published April 2026

Those who favor exhibitions that dazzle through variety would have appreciated Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750. A collaborative project by curators Virginia Treanor [...] Read More

Pride and Solace: Medieval Books of Hours and Their Readers

By Evelien Hauwaerts (curator)

Bruges, Groeningemuseum, April 4 – October 7, 2025.

Exh. cat. ed. by Evelien Hauwaerts with Emma De Nil and Caroline Van Cauwenberge, English edition: Books of Hours, Books of Hope: Medieval Books of Hours and their Readers, Antwerp: Hannibal Books, 2025, 160 pp. ISBN 978-9464941951; Dutch edition: Trots en Troost: Middeleuuwse getijdenboeken en hun lezers. ISBN 9464941952.

Review published March 2026

For manuscript enthusiasts, 2025 was dominated by the blockbuster exhibition displaying the calendar of the Très Riches Heures (and many related items) at the castle of Chantilly, just outside Paris. [...] Read More

Vermeer’s Love Letters

By Robert Fucci (curator)

New York, The Frick Collection, June 18 – August 31, 2025.
Exh. cat. by Robert Fucci. New York, Rizzoli Electa in association with The Frick Collection, 2025. 96 pp, 60 color illus. ISBN 978-0-8478-4594-1.

Review published December 2025

Published in conjunction with the special focus exhibition marking the long-awaited reopening of the Frick Collection, Robert Fucci’s Vermeer’s Love Letters reflects the aims of the show it [...] Read More

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