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See Fra Angelico Art in the San Marco Museum in Florence

March 10, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

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. Famous altarpieces on display include the Deposition from Santa Trinita, the Annalena Altarpiece, … [Read more...]

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Visit the National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst SMK) in Copenhagen

March 3, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Copenhagen, Denmark

Room 221 in the National Gallery of Denmark SMK

Copenhagen’s Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK national gallery) is the largest collection of Danish paintings and art in Denmark. Admission to the permanent collection is no longer free. The main focus of the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen is not surprisingly Danish and Nordic paintings from 1750 to the present. However, the Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) also has … [Read more...]

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Visit Santa Croce in Florence to See Giotto Frescoes and Michelangelo’s Grave

March 3, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Florence, Italy, Tuscany

Visit Santa Croce in Florence to See Giotto Frescoes of the Life of St Francis

The art in the Church of Santa Croce in Florence includes frescoes by Giotto and Taddeo Gaddi and the oft-visited tombs or funeral monuments for Michelangelo, Dante, Galileo, and others. The Basilica of Santa Croce is one of the great Gothic churches of central Florence. This large Franciscan church is filled with art including magnificent frescoes by Giotto and his … [Read more...]

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Visit the Arken Museum of Modern Art near Copenhagen

March 2, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Copenhagen, Denmark

ARKENs exhibition space 2008 Photo by Lars Skaaning Museum Copenhagen

The Arken Museum of Modern Art (Moderne Kunst) is a popular excursion from Copenhagen to see contemporary art (e.g. Damien Hirst and Ai Weiwei in the permanent collection) and world-class temporary exhibitions. The Arken Museum of Modern Art (ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst) exhibits contemporary art by Danish, Nordic, and international artists. Although established names … [Read more...]

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Visit the Ordrupgaard Art Museum and Park near Copenhagen

February 28, 2022 by Henk Bekker in Copenhagen, Denmark

Ordrupgaard Museum

The modern Ordrupgaard Art Museum and park with Finn Juhl’s House are a popular excursion destination to the north of Copenhagen. The main attraction at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum is usually the major temporary art exhibitions staged in the museum’s modern wing designed by Zaha Hadid and the newly completed new exhibition sapce. However, the permanent collection includes … [Read more...]

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See German Sculptures in the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin

November 23, 2021 by Henk Bekker in Berlin, Germany

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 a free 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 … [Read more...]

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2021 Special Vermeer Paintings Exhibition in Dresden, Germany

September 10, 2021 by Henk Bekker in Dresden, Germany, Saxony

Johannes Vermeer, Brieflesendes Mädchen am offenen Fenster / Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window

Johannes Vermeer On Reflection is a special exhibition of ten paintings by the Dutch master in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, Germany, from September 2021 to January 2022. Johannes Vermeer. Vom Innehalten is one of the largest Vermeer special exhibitions ever in Germany. It will bring ten of his paintings — almost a third of his surviving works — together in … [Read more...]

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Visit the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin to See 19th Century Art

February 3, 2021 by Henk Bekker in Berlin, Germany

Caspar David Friedrich Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin

The Alte Nationalgalerie on Berlin's Museum Island is filled with art from neoclassical and the romantics to the impressionists - the full spectrum of 19th-century paintings and sculptures. The Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in the shape of an antique Greek temple is one of the smaller museums on Berlin's Museum Island. It is home to Berlin's collection of … [Read more...]

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2021 Berlin State Museums: Special Temporary Exhibitions and Cultural Highlights

January 2, 2021 by Henk Bekker in Berlin, Germany

Detail from Dürer's Christ to be exhibited in the Late Gothic: The Birth of Modernity in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin in 2021

In 2021, the Berlin State Museums will host special temporary art exhibitions in addition to the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Humboldt Forum. The cultural highlights in Berlin in 2021 are the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie with its vast collection of twentieth-century art and the opening of the Ethnological and Asian Art museums in the Humboldt … [Read more...]

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Visit the National Museum of Archaeology in Naples, Italy

September 20, 2020 by Henk Bekker in Campania, Italy, Naples

Aphrodite Callipygos National Museum of Archaeology in Naples 1312

Art treasures from the Pompeii and Herculaneum excavations, including the best mosaics and frescoes, and the giant Farnese sculptures from ancient Rome are the top highlights in the magnificent National Museum of Archaeology in Naples, Italy. The National Museum of Archaeology in Naples (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) is one of the world’s greatest museums on … [Read more...]

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Visit Schloss Friedenstein Castle and the Baroque Universe in Gotha

September 6, 2020 by Henk Bekker in Germany, Thuringia

Festsaal in Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha

Schloss Friedenstein, a baroque castle with several museums, the Ekhof Theatre, and the ducal art collection are the top sights to see in Gotha, Thuringia.  The Baroque Universe of Gotha (Das Barocke Universum Gotha), the fine marketing slogan for Schloss Friedenstein, refers to a unique ensemble of baroque buildings, interiors, a theatre, art, and parks in Gotha in … [Read more...]

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Visit the Herzogliches Museum (Ducal Art Museum) in Gotha

September 6, 2020 by Henk Bekker in Germany, Thuringia

Gotha Lovers (Gothaer Liebespaar) - the most important painting in the Herzogliches Ducal Museum.

The Herzogliches Museum (Ducal Museum) is a large art collection including the Gotha Lovers (Gothaer Liebespaar), Asian art, antiquities from Egypt in the park of Schloss Friedenstein. The Herzogliches Museum (Ducal Museum) is in a large late-19th-century historicist building in the landscape park of Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha in Thuringia in central Germany. The core … [Read more...]

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