Krakow’s American Dream

Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Poland and the USA, the National Museum in Krakow and the US Embassy in Poland are presenting one of the largest museum projects in the country encompassing several exhibitions and an extensive interdisciplinary educational programme. The project America, America..., running until the end of the year, is happening not only in the museum itself, but, first and foremost, in and around the city.
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A delicious art-e-choke

Two Cyprus-based cultural institutions join forces and present a group art exhibition titled Art-e-choke, featuring 35 works by young Greek Cypriot artists. The event, which runs only for three days, is hosted by the First Lady of the Cyprus Republic Mrs. Elsi Christofia and can be visited at Nicosia’s ARTos Cultural and Research Foundation from 15 to 18 of October 2009.
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Final 2009 shows in Estonia’s art shrine

There’s one word in Estonia that makes the people of this small country feel proud: Kumu! An abbreviation of KunstuMuseum, meaning Art Museum, Kumu is the largest art museum in the Baltics and one of the largest in Northern Europe, housing today the seat of the Estonian Art Museum. This is good enough reason to take a look at the temporary shows it presents before the end of the 2009 exhibition program. From September until the beginning of 2010, Kumu hosts eight interesting exhibitions, which we present to you as suggestions if your next destination is Tallinn.
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Vienna’s art in a nutshell

A short visit to Vienna these days is not the easiest thing if you really love the arts and are a devoted museum-goer. There’s so much on offer you will surely feel puzzled in this wonderful city. You see, Vienna has over 100 museums, major collections of global calibre as well as bizarre little ones and there’s no time to visit them all. Besides, there are problems as lack of information or too much of it that make the selection even more tricky. OnCulture went through some of the city’s hottest museums, saw what’s on and presents a shortlist of 76 shows you should not miss from Fall 2009 until the end of 2010, or even through 2011.
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A Dutch cultural extravaganza

An avalanche of over 27 top quality art exhibitions in ten of Holland’s best museums in four cities, within a period of 32 months (November 2008 to June 2011) is what the Dutch masterminded in order to take the European art-loving crowds by storm once again. The ongoing art explosion of world-class cultural offerings has a name: Holland Art Cities is a carefully planned project that coordinates dozens of museums, institutions, public and private organization in an effort to promote The Netherlands as Europe’s cultural hub.
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Five-week art celebration at the Pompidou

Five weeks of exhibitions, shows, conferences, screenings, living paintings, concerts and performances punctuate the programme of a new festival organized by the Centre Pompidou in Paris from October 21 until November 23, 2009. The Pompidou is inviting a wide-ranging audience to discover today’s creation in all its shapes and colours in this continuous laboratory of contemporary art. Join the festivities in Paris and take the privileged opportunity to renew your perception of creation and contemporary issues.
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