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The 25 Must-See Museum Shows Around the World
From Courbet at Beyeler Foundation to David Lynch at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Christie Chu
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We’re spending more time indoors these days, so we’ve gathered 25 must-see museum shows around the world. Wherever you are in the world, there’s great art nearby. Whether you’re interested in seeing some Old Masters or contemporary, eye-catching art—we’ve got the low-down on which museums to hit.
(In no particular order):
1. “State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now” at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, United States of America, September 19–January 19, 2015
2. “David Lynch: The Unified Field” at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, September 13–January 11, 2015
3. “Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot” at Asia Society, New York, New York, United States of America, September 5–January 4, 2015
4. Richard Tuttle at the Tate Modern and WhiteChapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom, October 14–December 14, 2014
5. Gustave Courbet at the Beyeler Foundation, Basel, Switzerland, September 7–January 18, 2015
6. “Bernini’s Souls. Art in Rome for the Spanish Court” at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain, November 6–February 8, 2015
7. “Modern Times” at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 1–January 11, 2015
8. “Horst: Photographer of Style“ at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, September 6–January 4, 2015
9. “Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist” at the Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, October 19–February 1, 2015
10. “Keith Haring: The Political Line” at the de Young Museum, San Francisco, California, United States of America, November 8–February 16, 2015
11. “La Biennale de Montréal“ at the Musée d’Art Contemporain Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, October 22–January 4, 2015
12. “The Tiger’s Dream: Tipu Sultan” at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar, September 29–January 24, 2015
13. “Matisse: The Cut-Outs” at the MoMA, New York, New York, United States of America, October 12–February 8, 2015
14. “Paul Durand-Ruel, The Gamble of the Impressionists: Manet, Monet, Renoir” at the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, France, October 9–February 8, 2015
15. “Chuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Australia, Sydney, Australia, November 20–March 15, 2015
16. “Egon Schiele: Portraits” at Neue Galerie, New York, New York, United States of America, October 9–January 19, 2015
17. “Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection” at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, September 21–December 31, 2014
18. “Olafur Eliasson: Riverbed” at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 20–January 4, 2015
19. “AZIMUT/H: Continuity and Newness” at the Guggenheim, Venice, Italy, September 20–January 19, 2015
20. “Goya: Order and Disorder“ at Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, October 12–January 19, 2015
21. Mariana Castillo DeBall at Hamburger Bahnof, Berlin, Germany, September 20–March 1, 2015
22. George Baselitz at Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, September 19—February 1, 2015
23. “Brilliant: Cartier in the 20th Century” at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, November 16–March 15, 2015
24. “Beatriz Milhazes: Jardim Botanico” at Perez Art Museum Miami, Florida, United States of America, September 19–January 11, 2015
25. Marcel Duchamp at Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, September 24–January 5, 2015
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