Art

Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for 19th-Century Sculptures

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Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for a free exhibition of the 19th-century German sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for an exhibition of the 19th-century German sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie. The brick Neo-Gothic Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin provides a spectacular setting for the “Ideal and Form” permanent exhibition of 19th-century sculptures by artists associated with the Berliner Bildhauerschule (Berlin school of sculptors). Around 50 works are on … Read more

See Fra Angelico Art in the San Marco Museum in Florence

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Detail from Tabernacle of the Linaioli in the San Marco Museum in Florence

Many of the best early Renaissance paintings and altarpieces by Fra Angelico are exhibited in the San Marco Museum in Florence. The pilgrims’ hospice of the former convent of San Marco in Florence has the world’s largest collection of altarpieces and paintings by Fra Angelico (c. 1395-1455). Famous altarpieces on display include the Deposition from … Read more

Visit the Bargello Museum of Sculptures, Florence

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Admiring Michelangelo's Bacchus with satyr in the Bargello Museum in Florence.

The Bargello Museum near the Uffizi has the best collection of Renaissance sculptures in Florence, including several by Michelangelo and two Davids by Donatello. The Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Firenze focuses on medieval and Renaissance art. It is particularly famous for sculptures, including some of the best works by Donatello (David, St George, Marzocco) … Read more

See Munch’s Scream in the National Gallery of Norway in Oslo

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Munchs' The Scream (Detail)

The Scream and other Eduard Munch paintings are the highlights of a visit to the Nasjonalgalleriet (Norwegian National Gallery) art museum in Oslo, Norway The Nasjonalgalleriet (Norwegian National Gallery) in Oslo is most famous for its copy of Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream that is the undisputed highlight of the around 300 works that are … Read more

Top Contemporary Art Exhibitions in Vienna in 2016

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Oswald Oberhuber, Torso, 1937 © Belvedere, Wien

Contemporary and modern art exhibitions in Vienna offer visitors to the Austrian capital alternative gallery and museum options to Baroque and Art Nouveau. Vienna is home to some famous art collections, which will be enhanced during 2016 and 2017 by more temporary exhibitions of modern contemporary art (Zeitgenössische Ausstellungen) by both Austrian and international artists. … Read more