In the image image above, your eyes tell you that you are looking at two bowls and a wooden cutting board. But your brain instantly recognizes recognizes Johannes Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” This version is by digital artist Emil Schwärzler. Vermeer’s masterpiece is so iconic that mere shapes and colors bring us back to the original. Artists all over the world have reinterpreted the painting in many different ways, with different models, different themes, and even different media. The original normally resides at The Mauritshuis in the Hague, Netherlands, but is out on loan right now. So the museum is hosting a different exhibit called My Girl with a Pearl, featuring 170 modern interpretations of the painting, which are shown on a loop in the spot where Vermeer’s masterpiece is normally displayed. My Girl with a Pearl will run until June 4, even after the original is scheduled to return to the museum on April first. But you don’t have to go to the Netherlands to see the artworks- you can peruse 89 of them at your leisure at Instagram. -via Colossal
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