Explore these top 5 artistic destinations you must visit as an art admirer for an exciting experience

Art has ever been the clearest mode of expression of mankind; it is a language which has no culture, no time nor any place. Travelling becomes more than sightseeing to people who find beauty in brushstrokes, sculptures and architecture, it is a spiritual experience of journeying into the world of creativity. All over the globe, cities exist where art is not merely located in museums but is sprayed onto the street, into the air and even into the beats of everyday life.

1. Paris, France, The City of Light and Art

Paris is an everlasting inspiration to the dreamers, painters, and poets, as it is known as the artistic capital of the world. The artistic heritage of the city has been dated back to the Louvre Museum which houses Mona Lisa by da Vinci and Venus de Milo and the Musee d’Orsay, which houses the Impressionist artworks of Monet, Degas, and Renoir. Strolling along Montmartre, where Picasso and Van Gogh used to be, you will experience the same creative charge that gave inspiration to generations of the visionaries. Paris is not a place, it is an experience, and every paved roadway and cafe window in this city has a tale of inspiration, romance, and imagination.

You can spend your afternoon by drawing by the river Seine or by visiting the modern art gallery at Centre Pompidou in Paris, and it will open the artist inside you. The combination of its classical appeal and modern avant-garde makes it an eternal resort of art lovers.

2. Florence, Italy, Renaissance Marvels and Masterpieces

Florence is in the center of Tuscany, and it has created the Renaissance that will always alter the direction in art and human consciousness. Each street in this place seems like an open-air museum – the majestic Cathedral of Florence (Duomo) with its Brunelleschi dome to the David of Michelangelo in the Galleria dell’Accademia. Uffizi Gallery is still a sacred place of art enthusiasts, where the well-known paintings of Botticelli, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci are kept.

Walking along the bridge of Ponte Vecchio or the pizzas, you can almost feel the creative spirit of the past meeting the present full-coloured city. The beauty of Florence is its capacity to combine its past luxurious grandeur with a living breathing artistic life form – local galleries, workshops of artisans and contemporary displays are alongside the ancient masters’ still paintings. In this case, art is not about museums but the soul of the city.

3. New York City, USA,  The Cultural Capital of the World

Energy, bold and heterogeneous, New York City is the home of all types of arts – the high art of classical museums, down-to-the-ground art of street murals. Start by visiting the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) where you can find such legendary pieces as Van Gogh’s Starry Night or Campbell’s Soup Cans by Warhol. Go to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where centuries of world art are gathered all under a single roof, and go to The Whitney Museum, which concentrates on contemporary American expression.

However, art in New York is not just confined to galleries. Brooklyn, Bushwick and Williamsburg are full of graffiti, wall paintings and experimental installations. Central Park is home to public art, the Broadway and performing arts have reinvented creativity on a nightly basis. The cultural vitality of New York is unparalleled and it is a living gallery, disorderly, vibrant and sporadically and constantly stimulating.

4. Barcelona, Spain, Gaudí’s Wonderland and More

There are not many cities, which can be compared to Barcelona in terms of innovativeness and visual grandeur. In this case, art runs down the veins of the city and this is owed in large part to the genius architect Antoni Gaudi. His works of art, the surrealistic spires of La Sagrada Familia to the playful mosaics of Park Guell and the flowing compounds of Casa Batllo, are used to make the city a living canvas.

Still, outside of the genius of architect Gaudi, Barcelona has always had an artistic pulse of its own in its neighborhoods, the El Ravel, and Poblano neighborhoods, where street art, contemporary art galleries, and studios abound. The city is also known to hold a lot of art festivals like Barcelona Art Fair and Loop Video Art Festival where upcoming artists are showcased globally. It is a blend of art, emotion and invention in every hue and contour with or without the sculptures or the flamenco-themed installation, whether in the water or on the street.

5. Tokyo, Japan, Where Tradition Meets Innovation

Art in Tokyo is pure communication between the old and the new. The artistic spirit of this city can be discovered not only in its museums but also in the rhythm, in the fineness of aesthetics of ukiyo-e woodblock prints and in the avant-garde Mori Art Museum. Go to team Lab Borderless, an online art museum, where technology, light, and motion merge to create stunning immersive experiences.

Japanese traditional arts are still held in high esteem in Tokyo, you can find fine calligraphy, tea ceremony arts and ancient temples that demonstrate the Japanese eternal faith in beauty and detail. In the meantime, such areas as Harajuku, Shibuya, and Roppongi are filled with pop culture, fashion, and modern installations that stretch the limits of modern art. The artistic world of Tokyo is a continuously juxtaposing scene of calmness and show-business– the odyssey of artistic expression of the past and the future.

In Conclusion

All these spots are chapters in the history of art in the world – the romance of Paris, the rebirth of Florence, the vitality of New York, the invention of Barcelona, the creativity of Tokyo. To the real art lover, it is not a mere visit to these locations but an experience to touch art.

You may be looking at a Renaissance fresco, strolling under the contemporary street murals, or entering a room of light and sound, but art allows you to relate to something universal: the timeless human need to be creative, expressive, and dreamy. Now take your curiosity, unbutton your heart and have these artistic places color your next memorable journey.