Smart art and seminal sounds in space-age surroundings.

kanazawa21.jp

Haus call: a homage to Walter Gropius' famous avant-garde art and design school.

bauhaus.de

Great Art - No Hype. Contemporary Art Gallery & Artist Editions in Los Angeles.

c4gallery.com

Dutch treat: a visual feast from the revered arts institution.

centraalmuseum.nl

The perennially contemporary cultural arts center in the heart of Paris.

centrepompidou.fr

NYC's fountainhead of design and fashion is well worth a trip uptown.

cooperhewitt.org

Trend spotting from London's turret of modern design.

designmuseum.org

A glittering jewel box in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.

deyoungmuseum.org

Contemporary art stars seen through the looking glass box.

fondation.cartier.fr

Go go Gagosian! Art for the super stylish.

gagosian.com

Art that's good enough to eat.

fraichattitude.com

Where beauty becomes the beholder.

ropac.net

Barbara Gladstone's larger than life Chelsea gallery.

gladstonegallery.com

Frank Lloyd Wright's curvaceous design shapes the ultimate art viewing experience.

guggenheim.org

Art reigns in Spain! Gehry creates shimmering modernism at its most breathtaking.

guggenheim-bilbao.es

From Cindy Sherman to Bill Viola, ICA offers a crash course in today's modern masters.

icaboston.org

Casting an impressively wide net over the history of fashion and costumery.

fashionmuseum.or.jp

Arguably the most eagerly anticipated international show on the art calendar.

labiennale.org

Hip, on-the-verge contemporary artwork for the seriously swank.

marianneboeskygallery.com

The Ellis Island of contemporary European art.

mariangoodman.com

NYC's ultimate treasure chest holds over 2 million objets d'art.

metmuseum.org

Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art masterfully monitors the contemporary arena.

modernamuseet.se

A wicked collection from America's cerebral center.

mfa.org

A fittingly progressive salute to Belgium's fashion-forward creatives.

momu.be

MoMA mia! Yoshio Taniguchi doubled the pleasure at the world's modern art mecca.

moma.org

Modern masterpieces from Picasso, Miró and Dali adorn Spain's imperial museum.

museoreinasofia.es

The famed fashion design school houses one of the world's most prominent collections.

fitnyc.edu/museum/

A nondescript façade conceals a captivating art space by Sydney Harbour.

phm.gov.au

Cutting edge exhibitions and in-house artists embody NYC's modern movement.

ps1.org

Riva reigns supreme in the land of big art.

rivayares.com

Best in the west: San Francisco's impressive temple to modernist visual culture.

sfmoma.org

Modern musings from Silicon Valley's smart art set.

sjmusart.org

The Louvre of the East is the jewel in the crown of the former empire.

hermitagemuseum.org

London's repository is arguably the best fashion vault in the world.

vam.ac.uk

Furniture and interior design take a bow on Gehry's stunning stage.

design-museum.de