1. New York
Contemporary art is extremely popular in New York. Wherever you go you can come across all kinds of museums, galleries and studios. The biggest museum of modern art – MoMA is located in the city. Fans of interesting exhibitions never miss a chance to visit a Guggenheim museum and a Whitney museum – famous by their biennales. Another must visit place is the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Go straight to the hall of modern art, its exhibitions are stunning.
If you are searching for great pieces of street and alternative art you should visit Bushwick in Brooklin. Amazing sculpture park Socrates Sculpture Garden and Queens Museum in are located in Queens.
2. Singapore
Authorities of Singapore actively support the development of modern art. All kinds of exhibitions are held here, like “Art of the streets”, festivals of visual art and loud installations. Tourists, who are interested in everything modern should visit bamboo maze on the roof of the National gallery and Museum of art and science, which building is a great example of modern architecture. Also very popular is modern art cluster Gillman Barracks, which consists of 12 galleries.
3. Paris, France
Despite of the fact that a lot of pieces of classic art are located in France, contemporary art fans come here a lot too.
You should look for Modern on the right bank of the Seine – in the Marais quarter, and in the vicinity of Louvre and Champs Elysees.
George Pompidou Centre is a main museum of contemporary art in Paris. It is famous by unusual facade, crossed by the original staircase.
Cooperation between various Parisian galleries is a usual thing – different kinds of exhibitions and festivals are arranged once a month.
Very interesting exhibitions are held in the European house of photography.
Also, very interesting is that The Passage Reetz exhibitions are organized by guest curators.
4. Melbourne, Australia
One of the biggest galleries of the contemporary art in Australia is Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, located in Melbourne, in the Southbank district. The building is made of wood and is an art object by itself.
The most famous building of the city 297 meters high Eureka Tower is a great sample of modern architecture. For those who wants to test their nerves on the top of the building is located a huge moving glass cube, which looks very unusual from below too.
If you are looking for modern art just take a walk on the streets of a city. For example, in the Bourke Street Mall district you can find sculpture of a wallet - Public Purse, on the Federation Square you can admire unusual buildings. In the Birrarung Marr park is located permanent installation of 39 inverted bells and interesting sculpture “Angel”.
5. Tokyo, Japan
Galleries of Modern are located all over the Tokyo, and each of them is worth visiting. We recommend to start from Roppongi district. Mori Art Museum, full of incredible exhibits of modern art, Center of the Arts and one of the best galleries in Tokyo - Ota Fine Arts are located in here.
6. New Orleans, USA
In 2007 New Orleans held a massive art triennial dedicated to modern art. At the beginning of 2018 the fourth modern art festival was held in this city. Powerful installations displayed natural disasters, layouts were made by famous artists like Cara Walker and Lavara Monroe. The next loud event will take place in 2020. New Orleans is doing all its best to become new capital of contemporary art.
If you plan to come to the city before 2020, you should visit New Orleans contemporary arts Centre – various exhibitions, lections and concerts are held in here.
7. Sao Paulo, Brazil
The city is a true capital of modern art in the countries of Latin America. It is a place where Art Biennale is held – the festival almost as old, as Venice Biennale. In the museum of modern art “Museu de Arte Moderna” visitors can get acquainted with the best Brazilian modern art exhibits, including works of famous sculptors.
Works of young local painters are exhibited in the gallery Choque Cultural.
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