100 Art Galleries

Chichu Art Museum on Naoshima is Tadao Ando's underground building housing Monet's Water Lilies in natural light. Art, architecture, and island. Selected for our World 100 as the most contemplative and site-specific art experience in Japan.

Louvre Abu Dhabi is Jean Nouvel's dome with a “rain of light.” Da Vinci, Pissarro, and global art in a narrative of civilisations. Selected for our World 100 as the most ambitious museum project in the Gulf and a bridge between cultures.

Venice Arsenale and Giardini host the Venice Biennale, the world's most prestigious contemporary art event. National pavilions and curated exhibitions. Selected for our World 100 as the pinnacle of international art biennials and a Venetian institution.

Tadao Ando 설계; Issey Miyake·Taku Satoh·Naoto Fukasawa 큐레이션, Roppongi Tokyo디자인 박물관

The Belvedere in Vienna holds Klimt's The Kiss and major works by Schiele and Kokoschka in a Baroque palace with gardens. Selected for our World 100 as the home of The Kiss and the heart of Viennese modernism.

Rembrandt, Monet, Renoir, Lalique; 유럽 최고의 개인 컬렉션 중 하나, Parque das Laranjeiras Lisbon

The Frida Kahlo Museum (Casa Azul) in Coyoacán is the blue house where Frida was born and died. Personal objects, art, and garden. Selected for our World 100 as the most intimate artist house-museum and a pilgrimage for Frida fans.

The Leeum Samsung Museum of Art in Seoul combines traditional Korean art and contemporary works in buildings by Mario Botta, Jean Nouvel, and Rem Koolhaas. Selected for our World 100 as the finest private museum in Korea and a design landmark.

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art north of Copenhagen combines Giacometti, Picasso, Calder, and contemporary art with clifftop views over the Øresund. Selected for our World 100 as the most beautifully sited modern art museum and a Danish cultural icon.

The National Museum in Oslo holds the original Scream by Munch, plus Cézanne, Matisse, and the new building (2022). Selected for our World 100 as the home of The Scream and Norway's national art collection.

The Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City houses Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros murals in an Art Deco marble palace by Alameda Park. Selected for our World 100 as the home of Mexican muralism and one of the world's most beautiful opera and art halls.

The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art holds a hidden trove of Western modern art—Warhol, Pollock, Miró—saved since the revolution. Now increasingly on view. Selected for our World 100 as one of the world's most surprising and politically charged collections.

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam holds the world's largest collection of Van Gogh: 200 paintings, 500 drawings, including Almond Blossom and Sunflowers. Selected for our World 100 as the definitive Van Gogh experience and a pilgrimage for art lovers.

The Albertina in Vienna holds Habsburg graphic arts and major exhibitions: Monet, Modigliani, Klimt. The palace and views add to the experience. Selected for our World 100 as one of the world's finest print and drawing collections and a Viennese icon.

Friedrich, Menzel, Schinkel; German Romantic masters, Berlin Museum Island

Rubens, Raphael, Cezanne; three centuries of European art, Munich

The Art Institute of Chicago holds Seurat's Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Wood's American Gothic, and Hopper's Nighthawks. The building and collection are world-class. Selected for our World 100 as one of the finest encyclopedic art museums in the United States.

ACC underground complex; May 18 memorial, Asian culture research

Gallen-Kallela, Edelfelt, Schjerfbeck; Finnish national collection

Botero paintings and sculptures; free admission La Candelaria Bogota

Patrick Blanc vertical garden; Herzog de Meuron conversion, Madrid

Centre Pompidou in Paris is the inside-out building with coloured pipes. The Musée National d'Art Moderne holds Matisse, Dali, Duchamp, and modern masters. Selected for our World 100 as Europe's leading modern art museum and an architectural icon.

Post-earthquake icon; New Zealand art, international contemporary

Native American, Asian, Western American; Daniel Libeskind addition

Fundación Joan Miró on Montjuïc holds the definitive Miró collection in a building that overlooks Barcelona. Selected for our World 100 as the greatest single-artist museum for Miró and a Barcelona landmark.

Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Cy Twombly; global flagship art gallery NYC

Raphael Sistine Madonna; old masters gallery, Zwinger Palace Dresden

Greek and Roman antiquities; Malibu clifftop, Pacific views, LA

Guggenheim Bilbao is Frank Gehry's titanium-clad landmark that transformed the city. Jeff Koons' Puppy, Richard Serra, and rotating exhibitions. Selected for our World 100 as the museum that defined the “Bilbao effect” and a symbol of architecture as destination.

The Guggenheim Museum in New York is Frank Lloyd Wright's spiral masterpiece. The building and the collection—Kandinsky, Picasso, contemporary—are inseparable. Selected for our World 100 as the most iconic museum building in America and a landmark of 20th-century architecture.

Beuys, Warhol, Twombly; contemporary art railway station, Berlin

Richard Meier white building; Impressionism, Southern American art

Turkish contemporary art; Tophane waterfront, Bosphorus view Istanbul

Contemporary Middle Eastern art; waterfront Dubai Creek Jaddaf

Rodin, Modigliani, African prints; Joubert Park largest in South Africa

Van Gogh, Munch, Giacometti; Switzerland national collection, Zurich

LACMA in Los Angeles is the largest art museum on the US West Coast. Urban Light (lampposts) and broad collections from ancient to contemporary. Selected for our World 100 as the cultural heart of LA and an open-air and indoor landmark.

Latvian Romantic masters; neoclassical palace, Riga Latvia

Bull paintings; Korea most beloved modern artist, Seogwipo Jeju

M+ in West Kowloon is Asia's largest museum of visual culture. Herzog & de Meuron building opened in 2021. Selected for our World 100 as Hong Kong's new cultural anchor and a global platform for visual culture.

Chilean contemporary masters; Parque Forestal riverside Santiago

Pre-Columbian to Republican; largest collection in Peru, Lima Paseo Colon

MASP in São Paulo displays paintings suspended in glass frames along the length of the gallery. Botticelli to Van Gogh on Avenida Paulista. Selected for our World 100 as the most innovative display concept and Brazil's premier art museum.

Deoksugung, Gwacheon, Seoul, Cheongju four branches; free Sundays

Romanesque frescoes, Modernisme; Montjuic National Palace, Barcelona

Duchamp, Picabia, Swedish masters; Skeppsholmen island Stockholm

MoMA in New York holds the world's greatest collection of modern art: Van Gogh's Starry Night, Warhol, Pollock, and the birth of modernism. The building on 54th St and the sculpture garden are landmarks. Selected for our World 100 as the temple of modern art and a must-visit in Manhattan.

Largest museum in Canada; Egyptian mummies, Gauguin, Montreal Quebec

53rd floor Roppongi Hills; panoramic Tokyo views plus contemporary art

Zurab Tsereteli collection; multiple venues, Russian contemporary art

Alphonse Mucha Art Nouveau; Slav Epic, Rue detail, Old Town Prague

Europe largest modern art collection inside Pompidou, Paris France

Rodin, Renoir, Gauguin; largest collection in Latin America, Recoleta

European masters and Cuban art; two buildings Old Havana Cuba

MCA on Circular Quay; Australian Indigenous, Aboriginal dot painting

Monet, Renoir, Japanese prints; second largest US art museum, Boston

El Greco, Raphael, Goya; Egyptian collection, Heroes Square Budapest

Mahmoud Said, Ragheb Ayad; Opera Square Garden, Cairo Egypt

Kenyan contemporary art, Joy Adamson wildlife paintings; Kenya

Sri Lankan colonial and contemporary; Lipton Circus Colombo

Ukrainian Baroque icons, Shevchenko; Grushevsky Street Kyiv

The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC holds the only Leonardo in the Americas and masterpieces by Vermeer, Raphael, and Rembrandt. Free admission. Selected for our World 100 as America's preeminent public art collection and a national treasure.

Emily Carr, Group of Seven; stained glass Rideau Chapel, Ottawa free

Jamini Roy, Rabindranath Tagore; King George V building, Mumbai

Cranach, Rubens, Klimt Kiss copy; Veletrzni Palac building, Prague

The National Gallery Singapore occupies the former Supreme Court and City Hall. Southeast Asian art from the 19th century to the present. Selected for our World 100 as the definitive museum of Southeast Asian art and a Singapore landmark.

El Greco Return of the Prodigal; Greek masters, Vassileos Konstantinou

Underground museum; Japanese post-war, international contemporary

El Greco, Rubens; former Royal Palace, Calea Victoriei Bucharest

Kyoto Nihonga painting tradition; bamboo-themed Okazaki building

Faras Nubian frescoes, Rubens, Polish masters; Warsaw Poland

SANAA building; cutting-edge emerging artists, Lower East Side NYC

Asia-Pacific largest art museum; Tiepolo, Rembrandt, free entry Melbourne

Gauguin, Rodin, Degas; Carl Jacobsen collection, Copenhagen

Cutting-edge contemporary art; largest contemporary art centre in Europe

National pavilion Shanghai Biennale; converted power station Huangpu

Repin, Aivazovsky, Kandinsky; Mikhailovsky Palace, St Petersburg

Charles and Emma Frye; Hammering Man sculpture, Seattle Washington

The Serpentine Galleries in Hyde Park commission an annual Pavilion by a star architect and show cutting-edge contemporary art. Free. Selected for our World 100 as London's most dynamic public contemporary art space and a summer ritual.

Alvaro Siza building; large garden, contemporary, Porto Portugal

Frida Kahlo, Warhol, Matisse; 7-story expansion 2016, SF California

Mondrian, Malevich, Appel; Dutch CoBrA movement collection, Amsterdam

Former municipal hall; Taiwan contemporary art, Datong district

Tate Britain on Millbank holds British art from 1500 to the present: Turner, Pre-Raphaelites, and the Turner Prize. Selected for our World 100 as the home of British art and the counterpart to Tate Modern.

Tate Modern in London occupies the former Bankside Power Station. Turbine Hall installations, Rothko, Warhol, and free permanent collection define it. Selected for our World 100 as the UK's flagship for modern and contemporary art and one of the world's most visited galleries.

Impressionism, Cobra, Israeli Expressionism; Helena Rubinstein Pavilion

Yokoyama Taikan, Kuroda Seiki; next to Imperial Palace, Chiyoda Tokyo

Japanese contemporary masters; chamber music venue complex, Shinjuku

Design and contemporary art; Parco Sempione Milan Italy triennial

Anish Kapoor, Ai Weiwei; 798 Art District factory complex, Beijing

Nguyen Phan Chanh lacquer works, Dong Son bronze, French-colonial building

Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin; Bermondsey and Mayfair locations London

The Whitechapel Gallery in East London showed Picasso's Guernica in Britain in 1938. It remains a vital space for contemporary art. Selected for our World 100 as the gallery that brought Guernica to the UK and a pioneer of East End culture.

Hopper Nighthawks study, Basquiat, Koons; Meatpacking District NYC