art interpreting art

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Rembrandt's most famous painting, "The Night Watch,"...will be the subject of an unorthodox installation by the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, at the Rijksmuseum, from June 2 to Aug. 6. Mr. Greenaway will present his own interpretation of the 1642 work, which portrays a group of militiamen. In one room, the painting itself will be bathed in changing light and "swathed in red theatrical curtains," Mr. Greenaway said. In other rooms, he will present period artifacts and interactive short films offering fictionalized accounts of the people pictured in the work. "We're going to push the notion of the painting as an act of theater," he said.

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