When you mention the world’s greatest art galleries and museums names like the Prado, the Louvre and the Vatican come to mind. However, there is a new breed of thought that contemporary art needs to be displayed in contemporary buildings. Some of the newer art is now exhibited in little more than small rooms, the […]
The second and concluding part of the world’s best designed contemporary art galleries takes us to North America and Norway. The buildings featured are modern, contemporary and quite exquisite both in design and structure. They make fantastic artistic statements in their own right, and whet the appetite of what is in store for the visitor […]
It is right and proper that the world’s best pieces of art live in the best homes, and art galleries and museums should be buildings that provoke thought and discussion as much as the very art found inside. Traditional old and classic buildings are fine examples of what kind of architecture should be custodians of […]
Part two of the world’s greatest art galleries and museums takes us to the USA, Spain and Italy to discover more of the fabulous buildings and art that exist all over the planet. The art exhibited in these galleries is exceptional and so are the buildings themselves, some have unique histories and are the main […]
Eastern European countries such as Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, Poland and Russia have given the world some of the finest artists ever to be seen, though these countries are not often given their dues in the same way as France, Italy or other places in Central Europe are. However, one of the most famous names in […]