Art highlights in the Borghese Gallery in Rome include top sculptures by Bernini, the largest Caravaggio painting collection, and top works from antiquity. The Borghese Gallery (Museo e Galeria Borghese) in the Villa Borghese Park is one of the best art galleries to visit in Rome. This opulent baroque villa is filled with art from antiquity, fine paintings including the … [Read more...]
Visit the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin to See 19th Century Art
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...]
Save with the Campania Arte Card at Pompeii, Herculaneum, and in Naples
Save with the Campania Arte Card on public transportation and sightseeing in the Naples region (Campania) including skip-the-line admission to Pompeii, Herculaneum, Paestum, and major museums. Travelers to Naples and cultural sites in the rest of the Campania region including Pompeii and Herculaneum save with the Campania Arte Card travel pass on sightseeing admission … [Read more...]
See Michelangelo’s David in the Galleria dell’ Accademia in Florence
See Michelangelo's David, the world's most famous statue on display in the Galleria dell' Accademia di Firenze in Florence, Italy. The large marble David by Michelangelo is often described as the most famous statue in the world. David is displayed in the Accademia Gallery in Florence, where it is the most impressive work to see. The museum further has paintings from the … [Read more...]
Visit the Neue Nationalgalerie Museum of Modern Art in Berlin
Visit the Mies van der Rohe designed Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) in Berlin that reopened with special modern 20th-century art exhibitions. The Neue Nationalgalerie in the Kulturforum area of Berlin reopened in August 2021 after a six-year restoration period. The architectural masterpiece by Mies van der Rohe is an excellent venue for displaying modern art. … [Read more...]
Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods Exhibition in the Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland
The Young Picasso - Blue and Rose Periods is a a special exhibition of around 80 works in the Fondation Beyeler in Basel from February to May 2019. The latest blockbuster exhibition in the innovative Fondation Beyeler art museum in Basel, Switzerland, focuses on the Blue and Rose Periods of a young Pablo Picasso. From 3 February to 26 May 2019, around 80 paintings and … [Read more...]
Top 2018 Art Exhibitions in Vienna: Klimt, Schiele, Viennese Modernism
Beauty and the Abyss is the theme for exhibitions in Vienna in 2018 with works by Klimt, Schiele, Wagner, Moser and other Viennese Modernism artists. The topic of the year for many special art exhibitions and cultural events in Vienna in 2018 is Beauty and the Abyss (Schönheit und Abgrund) with the focus on artists, scientists, architects and other creative ideas that had an … [Read more...]
See Munch’s Scream in the National Gallery of Norway in Oslo
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 on permanent display in this … [Read more...]
Visit the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark
The ARoS in Aarhus is as famous for its art as for its modern museum building with a colorful panorama ring on the roof and Guggenheim-style staircase. The ARos is one of Denmark’s best art museum with particularly good temporary modern art exhibitions to complement its large Danish art collection. The ARoS is famous for the colorful rainbow panorama circular walkway on its … [Read more...]
See Gustav Klimt Paintings and Art in Vienna in Special 2012 Exhibitions
Special 150-year memorial exhibitions of paintings, drawings, and other works by the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt will entice art lovers to Vienna (Wien), Austria in 2012. Viennese art galleries and museums will celebrate the 150-year anniversary of the birth of the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) with special temporary exhibitions. The Belvedere, home of the … [Read more...]
Visit Le Poët-Laval in Drôme en Provence, France
Le Poët-Laval is a very small fortified village beautifully located in the Drôme region of northern Provence in France. Top sights to see in this wall-enclosed town include a castle, church ruins, medieval buildings, a small museum, marvelous views and town fortifications. The very small wall-enclosed town Le Poët-Laval (population almost 900) is mostly visited for its compact … [Read more...]