Visit these cultural hot spots in 2024
Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru, India
This new art museum was intentionally built in the heart of India’s third largest city to give locals the opportunity to explore the galleries, dine in its restaurant or café, and attend lectures. The primary goal, says founder Abhishek Poddar, is to share its more than 60,000 artworks—from 19th-century wood carvings to Bollywood memorabilia—with people who don’t typically come to museums. “I think if we just create the right atmosphere, art will do its magic,” he says.
Guangzhou Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Covered in 21,008 pieces of “fish scale” glass, designed to mimic a blooming hero flower, and boasting a five-story atrium, the Guangzhou Art Museum is unapologetically ostentatious. Located on the banks of the Pearl River, this landmark of China’s fifth largest city (population 18 million) features seven floors of exhibits displaying Chinese paintings, watercolors, calligraphy, sculpture, illustrations, comic books, lacquerware, and photography from ancient to contemporary times.
Australia & New Zealand
Ōmataroa Eco-Tours, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
