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Galleries and museums worth travelling for
As international borders re-open after the pandemic and quarantine restrictions ease, some of the globe's greatest museums and art galleries are back within reach.
Here are our favourite hot spots and must-see artworks to guide your next trip.
Attributed to Kyoto temple monk Tensho Shubun (c 1446), the scroll is considered one of the greatest examples of the Chinese-influenced ink-and-brush art of the Muromachi era (1333-1578).
Tokyo National Museum
See: Reading in a Bamboo Grove
Picture: Tokyo National Museum
There are so many reasons to visit this cavernous gallery, but seeing Gustave Caillebotte’s The Floor Scrapers is a big one. It was submitted for the 1875 Paris Salon but was rejected for its realism and “vulgar subject matter”.
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
See: The Floor Scrapers
Picture: Britannica
Georges Seurat's application of coloured-dot brushstrokes to form an image was derided as "pointillism". His work was the inspiration for musical theatre composer Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, which won a 1985 Pulitzer Prize.
Art Institute of Chicago
See: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
Scottish National Gallery
See: The Skating Minister
The intricate details of The Skating Minister, such as the pink skate ribbons, are a trademark of Henry Raeburn, a former apprentice jeweller and Scotland's first great portraitist.
Picture: Joy of Museums
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
See: The Night Watch
The Night Watch by Rembrandt is a window into an ethereal world where light dances in paint. The artist's very brushstrokes are visible, connecting us to that first moment of creation.
Swipe up for more of the world's museums and galleries that are back within reach.																		

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