Know the Art.
Not Just the Name.

Impressionist and Modern Art

Modern Art rejected the past as a model for creating art, and was characterized by pure originality, innovation, and experimentation. Modern Art is largely thought to have originated with the Impressionists, who rallied against the rigid academic standards of the day.

e.g. Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Kandinsky

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

One of the oldest museums dedicated to the art of our time, and the sixth oldest public art institution in the United States — founded in 1862.

The Guggenheim

The story of the Guggenheim Museum is essentially the story of several very different private collections — from nonobjective painting to Surrealist sculpture and Minimalist art.

High Museum

The leading art museum in the Southeast with more than 15,000 works — from nineteenth-century American art to burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art and photography.

Carnegie Museum of Art

Arguably the first museum of contemporary art in the United States, collecting the "Old Masters of tomorrow" since 1896. The collection spans more than 34,000 objects.

Harvard Art Museums

The Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum — dedicated to advancing learning through research, teaching, and close looking at original works of art.

Tate Modern

Britain's national gallery of international modern art, based in the former Bankside Power Station in London. One of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the world.

The Broad

Making its collection of contemporary art from the 1950s to the present accessible to the widest possible audience — featuring in-depth representations of influential contemporary artists.

Photography

Since its invention photography has affected how the world views and consumes history. A photograph is capable of not only capturing a brief moment in time, but can represent an entire social movement or be a catalyst for change.

e.g. Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Cindy Sherman

The Art Institute of Chicago

Founded in 1879 with a permanent collection of nearly 300,000 works — from Chinese bronzes to contemporary design and from textiles to installation art.

RISD Museum

Established in 1877, the RISD Museum stewards works of art representing diverse cultures from ancient times to the present, with a focus on the maker.

Parrish Art Museum

Founded in 1898 within one of the most concentrated creative communities in the United States, on the East End of Long Island.

Bilbao Fine Arts

An exemplary model where the general public, local artists, and public institutions have all determined its configuration and growth since 1908.

The Menil Collection

Approximately 17,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. The Surrealist holdings are widely regarded as one of the world's foremost collections.

Artists of Color

Over the last decade we've seen a massive shift in the appreciation for black artists and how their work is represented in galleries, museums, and auction houses around the world.

e.g. Kerry James Marshall, Kehinde Wiley, Kara Walker

Denver Art Museum

One of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast, with more than 70,000 works of art in 12 collections representing cultures around the world.

Female Artists

Although female artists have been involved in the making of art throughout history, their work has often been obfuscated, overlooked, and undervalued. This category celebrates women who changed the art world.

e.g. Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Yayoi Kusama

Walker Art Center

A catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences — focusing on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time.

Old Masters

The term generally refers to the most recognized European artists working between the Renaissance and 1800 — from Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to Caravaggio, Rembrandt, and Jacques-Louis David.

e.g. Rembrandt, Vermeer, Caravaggio

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Dedicated to international developments in post–World War II art. All major movements are represented, with Pop and Minimalism particularly strong.

MFA Houston

The oldest art museum in Texas with more than 62,000 works — from Italian Renaissance painting and French Impressionism to photography and post-1945 painting and sculpture.

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

Enriching lives through the experience of contemporary art — exhibiting, collecting, and educating in a free and welcoming environment since 1994.

Contemporary Art

Spanning from 1970 to the present day, the contemporary period represents the most diverse era of artistic production. Contemporary artists draw from the current moment, challenging viewers to consider their reality through another lens.

e.g. Jean-Michel Basquiat, Yayoi Kusama, Ai Weiwei

The Whitney

The preeminent institution devoted to the art of the United States — presenting the full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art with a focus on living artists.

National Gallery of Art

One of the world's preeminent museums with some 141,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and sculpture tracing the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present.

Museo Reina Sofía

Spain's national museum of 20th-century art, home to one of the best collections of Picasso and Dalí — including the masterpiece Guernica.

The Met

Presenting over 5,000 years of art from around the world. Since 1870, The Met has aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects.

Georgia Museum of Art

The official art museum of the state of Georgia, featuring American paintings, the Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings, and growing Asian art holdings.

Urban Art

Urban art combines street art and graffiti, summarizing all visual art forms arising in urban areas. Many urban artists travel from city to city and have social contacts all over the world.

e.g. Banksy, Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey

The Studio Museum

Founded to champion, empower, and celebrate artists of African descent. Its Artist-in-Residence program has supported over one hundred artists early in their careers.