Lonely Planet Art Destinations: 70 Places to See Great Art

This new guide from Lonely Planet features 70 glorious places around the world to see the best of art on the globe. It takes the readers from well-known international cities to out-of-the-way places. It turns out that the one thing each place has in common is that the location is essential to the art featured, and one of the reasons you would visit these locations.

Lonely Planet Art Destinations is a beautiful, full-colour coffee table book, divided into regional sections: Africa and the Middle East, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

To give a sneak peek of this book, here is a place featured in each region:

• Cairo, Egypt. In addition to the Great Pyramid, the Great Sphinx, and other iconic pyramids, Old Cairo boasts numerous art treasures, as well as a variety of museums and art galleries. The art trails here reveal artistic communities that go back four and a half millennia.

• New York City. One of the world’s most incredible art scenes, this guide offers a colourful lowdown on all the City Art Museums and Public Art, as well as the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), now in its third incarnation since its founding in 1956.

• Kathmandu, Nepal. A place where art meets artistry in the shadow of the Himalayas. Discover traditional art forms from cloth painting to hammered metalwork to wax bronze casting.

• Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Enjoy art from The Golden Ages from the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh and Wereldmuseums.

• Wellington, New Zealand, features the World of Wearable Art (WOW), the Rita Angus Cottage, Te Papa and the Wharf Precinct.

  
  

Lonely Planet Art Destinations: 70 Places to See Great Art is a book to savour and enjoy, sure to spark many travel ideas for art lovers.

Reviewer: Karen McMillan

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