MUSEUMS AROUND THE WORLD

Museum of Modern Art

The scream Edvard Munch’s iconic The Scream, among the most celebrated and recognized images in art history.Inventing Abstraction

In 1912, in several European cities, a handful of artists presented the first abstract pictures to the public. Inventing Abstraction, 1910–1925 celebrates the centennial of this bold new type of artwork, tracing the development of abstraction as it moved through a network of modern artists.

Liberty Leading the People is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled Charles X of France.

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci.

The Lou’ve

The four dancers by :Edgar degas in 1899In the Chester Dale Collection

A self portrait of Paul Gauguin .Made in 1889.Also in the Chester Dale Collection

National Gallery of Art

National Museum of Australia

The Camel Lady by Jean Burke, acrylic on canvas, Warakurna Artists. Artist Jean Burke contributed several works to collection, including The Camel Lady. In this work Burke remembers Robyn Davidson, a writer who captured international attention in the late 1970s when she travelled with her camels for more than 2600 kilometres across the deserts of western Australia.

Trial by Fire, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, 1975, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 1694 x 3385mm, part of the Museum's extensive Aboriginal art collection. Photo: Dean McNicoll.

The Smithsonian