Until June 10, 2018, the exhibit “Vienna 1900: Klimt/Moser/Gerstl/Kokoschka,” at Vienna’s Leopold Museum (MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, Austria; phone +43 1 525 700, www.leopoldmuseum.org/en), will display the museum’s collection of works by those Viennese Modernist artists along with other works on loan.
Open 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Mon., Wed. & Fri.-Sat. and 10-9 Thurs. €13 (near $16) adult or €9.50 senior.
More than 60 murals have been painted in the city of Köln (Cologne) during the CityLeaks Art Festival, held every two years since 2011, and a new guidebook and map, “Recover Discover – Urban Art Koeln,” pinpoints each mural.
Get the map for free at the Köln Tourism Board’s Service Centre (Kardinal-Hoffner-Platz 1, 50667 Köln, Germany; phone +49 221 346 43 0, www.cologne-tourism.com).
6 days, 5 nights, Aug. 5-10 & Nov. 18-23, 2018. Highlights: In Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, canal trip to Hermitage Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum for modern art/in The Hague, Mauritshuis collection/in Arnhem, Kröller-Müller Museum sculpture garden. From £1,798 (near $2,480) per person, double occupancy (ppdo). Single supp., £398 ($550). Kirker Holidays (4 Waterloo Ct., 10 Theed St., London, England, SE1 8ST, U.K.; phone +44 20 7593 1899, www.kirkerholidays.com).
7-day, 6-night watercolor sketching classes at sites in Paris, FRANCE, on daily guided walks with artist Laure Ferlita, Oct. 7-13, 2018. Highlights: Stroll Champs-Élysées/Eiffel Tower 2nd level/Paris Opera House/Musée d’Orsay/Seine River cruise. $3,350 ppdo. Single supp., $695. Includes 3-day hop-on, hop-off bus pass. The Blue Walk (Orlando, FL; 551/258-3955, www.thebluewalk.com).
My husband, George, and I returned on Sept. 20, 2017, from a 26-day trip exploring the beautiful country of Brazil. We think this wonderful place is seriously underrated by many travelers.
Not to diminish the roaring wonders of Iguaçu Falls, the wilds of the Amazon and the Pantanal or the white-sand beaches of Copacabana and Ipanema, but there is so much more to this huge, rich, remarkable country to explore and see!
14-day, 13-night tour of JAPAN led by sculptor David Orth. Departures April, May & October 2018. Group limit, 10. Highlights: Visit art museums and installations in Tokyo, Hakone, Naoshima, Beppu, Takamatsu, Kurashiki, Mashiko and Kamakura/see pottery, printmaking, bamboo crafts and more/possibility to visit working artisans. $8,395 ppdo. Single supp., $1,095. Adventures in Japan (Cottonwood, AZ; 928/451-9417, www.adventuresin japan.com).
Ecology meets art in the unusual sculpture that sits on the King's Quay in Helsingor (Elsinore), eastern Denmark, the location of our November mystery photo. Part of a community art project known as "Life in the Sound," this large, colorful fish on the marina near Kronborg Castle was completed in 2014 by Japanese artist Hideaki Shibata, who is also known as Yodogawa Technique.
Due to increased tensions following the region’s declaration of independence and Madrid’s subsequent move to take control of Catalonia’s administration (see p. 2), travelers to this region are, as of press time, being advised to “exercise caution” because of the possibility of continued protests by large crowds.
In 2014, it was discovered that art dealer Cornelius Gurlitt, son of Nazi art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, had hoarded more than 1,500 unreported works of art in his Munich apartment, most suspected to have been stolen by the Nazis. Cornelius died before facing trial for tax evasion, and he left his collection to the Kunstmuseum Bern. Until March 11, 2018, more than 400 of the works can be seen in two locations.
• Kunstmuseum Bern (Hodlerstrasse 12, Bern, Switzerland; phone +41 31 328 09 44, www.kunstmuseum
One hundred forty-five years ago, in 1872, English author Marie Louise de la Ramee (aka Ouida) wrote a children's book that would go on to become so popular in South Korea and Japan that residents of those countries considered the book a classic. However, "A Dog of Flanders" wasn't even heard of in Belgium, where the tragic story takes place, until 1987. Inspiration for the sculpture shown in our September 2017 mystery photo comes from the Christmas tale's main characters: Nello and his dog, Patrasche.