On view: cultural travel destinations
“Shakespeare:
Staging the World’’
British Museum
London
Through Nov. 25
Two of Britain’s foremost cultural institutions, the British Museum and the Royal Shakespeare Company, are collaborating on this innovative, cross-disciplinary exhibition looking at the intersection of the playwright, the role of his plays in London’s emergence as a world city, and the impact of those plays in shaping national identity. Among the nearly 220 items on display are maps, prints, paintings and drawings, arms and armor, coins, and medals. There are also video monitors showing Shakespeare performances, commissioned for this exhibition, by such actors as Ian McKellen and Antony Sher. Great Russell Street, 011-44- 020-7323-8299, www.british museum.org
“Alice in the Wonderland
of Art’’
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg
Through Sept. 30
Is Lewis Carroll’s creation the most famous female in fiction? This exhibition brings together more than 200 works of art created over 150 years in celebration of her innocence and influence. Glockengießer- wall 20095, 011-49-40-428- 131-200, www.hamburger-kun sthalle.de
“George Bellows’’
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.
Through Oct. 8
This major retrospective, the first on the painter in three decades, features more than 130 paintings, drawings, and lithographs from the early-20th-century American realist. Constitution Avenue between 3rd and 7th streets NW, 202- 737-4215, www.nga.gov
“Catherine the Great: An Enlightened Empress’’
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh
Through Oct. 21
Russia’s most famous female ruler was also a passionate collector. This exhibition offers more than 600 works from her holdings, including paintings, jewelry, and costumes. Cham- bers Street, 011-44-131-247-44 22, www.nms.ac.uk
“Faster, higher, stronger!’’
Hungarian National Gallery
Budapest
Through Oct. 21
This gathering of art and artifacts relating to athletics from throughout history and around the world is a tribute to the XXX Olympic Games, which just finished in London.
Szent György tér 2, 011-36-6-1-201- 9082, www.mng.hu/en/
“The Gleam of Gold: The International Style in Florence, 1375-1440’’
Uffizi Gallery
Florence
Through Nov. 4
Paintings, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts show the emergence of the early Renaissance from the late Middle Ages. Via della Ninna 5, 011- 39-055-238-8651, www.uffizi .firenze.it/en
“Gordon Parks: 100 Moments’’
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
New York
Through Dec. 1
This exhibition observes the centenary of the photographer, filmmaker, and author, with a special focus on his documentary images from the 1940s. 515 Malcolm X Blvd., 212-491- 2200, www.nypl.org/locations/ schomburg
“Grateful Dead: The Long, Strange Trip’’
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Cleveland
Through Dec. 31
Lyric sheets, musical instruments, posters, album art, even chunks of the sound system the band used on tour demonstrate just how long, how strange. 1100 Rock and Roll Blvd., 216- 781-7625, rockhall.com
“Pixar: 25 Years of Animation’’
Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bonn
Through Jan. 6
This celebration of a quarter century of animation from the acclaimed film studio offers paintings, drawings, maquettes, film sequences, and documentary films. Friedrich- Ebert-Allee 4, 011-49-228-9171- 0, www.bundeskunsthalle.de
“Eugene Atget, Old Paris’’
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Sydney
Aug. 24-Nov. 4
This overview of the great photographer’s chronicling of Paris at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries includes more than 200 of his images. Art Gallery Road, 011- 61-2-9225-1700, www.artgal lery.nsw.gov.au/
MARK FEENEY
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