If you want an instant educational activity on o.k. art , any of these museums or galleries can get you up to speed in no prison term .
Uffizi, Italy
Opera has La Scala . Music has Carnegie Hall . And art ? It has the Uffizi . Although the Florentine museum is one of the big in the humanity , it still does n’t have enough space to hang everything on its walls . It ’s invariably switching in body of work by Caravaggio , Da Vinci , Raphael , and ship’s company — so each sojourn is sure to be unlike from the last .
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
The Barnes has the finest collection of impressionist and post - impressionist house painting anywhere , owning $ 25 billion Charles Frederick Worth of precious paintings . The solicitation of Renoir and Matisse masterpieces go to Philadelphia from the suburban area in 2012 .
Paula Cooper Gallery, NYC
In the 1970s , Paula Cooper raised eyebrow by opening a gallery in the humbled Manhattan neck of the woods of Soho . Critics called it a bonehead move . Who would want to see artistic production in SoHo ? Everybody , apparently ! Within 10 class , there were some 80 galleries in the neighbourhood . Today , Paula Cooper is the aureate touchstone for minimalist and contemporary prowess .
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
In early 2013 , the Met announced it was have 78 important Cubist paintings from the cosmetic behemoth Leonard Lauder . With its caisson stuff with modernist masterworks , the Met may be the respectable museum in the world .
White Cube, London
In the former nineties , a new art movement traverse Britain . The Young British Artists deluge warehouse and factories with disgraceful , subversive employment of graphics . The White Cube modern-day veranda was one of the first to launch the threshold , let them into the formal art world . It ’s still carrying on that legacy , usher in restive , raw talent .
Louvre-Lens, France
Lens , France is not your distinctive tourist town . surround by slag mountain and bog down in unemployment , the tiny village was an unlikely choice for the Louvre ’s newest museum . The main museum in Paris lends its nontextual matter to the gallery , giving the post - industrial town a boost and drawing tourists to the northern countryside .
