What if paintings offered us a new understanding of the world? The objects represented in paintings open doors to unsuspected, even invisible worlds.
They tell a different story of the world and link cultural and geographical areas that were previously separated, showing how people have interacted for centuries on a global scale. The collection THE WORLD IN A PAINTING traces the origin, the manufacture, the “materiality” of objects present in paintings to bring to light transnational economic, cultural, social and artistic links.

5 Paintings – 5 Stories:
Vermeer’s Hat
Velazquez’s Chili Pepper
Caravaggio’s Comb
Ingres’ Diamond
Manet’s Lamps – Coming Soon