Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring / Mauritshuis, 2023
oil on linen mounted on MDF, 13 x 15 3/4 inches
Upcoming EXHIBITIONS
CONTEMPLATING VERMEER
New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain, Connecticut
June 5, 2025 - January 11, 2026
After a successful run at the Sarasota Art Museum, Joe Fig's Blockbuster exhibition CONTEMPLATING VERMEER is traveling to the New Britain Museum of American Art opening June 2025.
CONTEMPLATING VERMEER
Sarasota Art Museum
November 17, 2024 - April 13, 2025
https://www.sarasotaartmuseum.org/joe-fig-contemplating-vermeer/
REVIEWS for Contemplating Vermeer:
Hyperallergic: Painter Immortalizes the Crowds at Rijksmuseum's Sold Out Vermeer Show, November 18, 2024 Rhea Nayyar
WUSF/NPR: Sarasota Exhibit Goes Meta: Features Paintings of Fans Viewing Epic Showing of Vermeer’s Work, November 3, 2024
The Observer: Sarasota Art Museum Paintings Exhibit Puts the Focus on the Viewer, January 29, 2025, Monica Roman Gagnier
Sarasota Magazine: Artist Joe Fig Paints Viewers Looking at Paintings by Johannes Vermeer, January 15, 2025, Kay Kipling
Sarasota Herald Tribune: Sarasota Art Museum Looks at the Art of Looking at Art, January 3, 2025, Marty Fugate
PodCasts:
Behind the Masterpiece: Joe Fig at the Sarasota Art Museum: Painting the Art of Contemplation, November 19, 2024
Considering Art: Joe Fig, Painter, December 2, 2024
TV:
Fox 13 Tampa Bay: Contemplating Vermeer Sarasota Museum of Art Exhibition Highlights Experiencing Art, January 22, 2025, Barry Wong
2023
Two Coats of Paint: Joe Fig's Cagey Meta Paintings, Oct 10, 2023
Brooklyn Rail: Joe Fig Contemplating Compositions, October 2023
Washington Square News: Painter and Sculptor Joe Fig on the Importance of Seeing, Sept 18, 2023
New York Magazine: See Joe Fig, October 9 - 22, 2023