Painter's Family by Henri Matisse
La Leçon de peinture or La Séance de peinture [The Painting Lesson or The Painting Session] by Henri Matisse
Painting by Francis Bacon
Black Square (1915) by Kazimir Malevich
Portrait of Henrietta Moraes on a Blue Couch by Francis Bacon
Suprematist Painting by Kazimir Malevich
The Enigma of the Oracle by Giorgio de Chirico
The Enigma of the Hour by Giorgio de Chirico
Improvisation on a Barrel Organ by William Orpen
Soldiers at Cany by William Orpen
Landscape with hay cart, church towers and windmill by Theo van Doesburg
A dog by Theo van Doesburg

Where to See Modernism

254 museums worldwide

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Modernism was a sweeping transformation in visual art that unfolded between the 1860s and the 1970s. It began with painters in Paris who rejected academic convention and ended with artists across the world dismantling the very idea of what a picture could be. The movement was never a single style. It was a shared conviction that art must answer the condit…

Works of Modernism are held in 254 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Centraal Museum, and Kunstmuseum Den Haag.

Key artists

Work by these painters is spread across the museums listed below.

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🇧🇪 Belgium

1 museum

Also in BelgiumMu.ZEE - Kunstmuseum aan Zee (29)

🇫🇷 France

5 museums

Also in FranceMusée National d'Art Moderne (278)Musée d'art moderne de Paris (61)Fernand Léger National Museum (45)Musée d'Orsay (40)Musée Rodin (39)

🇩🇪 Germany

5 museums

Also in GermanyLenbachhaus (73)Museum Ludwig (44)Sprengel Museum (41)Bavarian State Painting Collections (33)Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (28)

🇮🇳 India

1 museum

Also in IndiaNational Gallery of Modern Art (101)

🇮🇱 Israel

1 museum

Also in IsraelIsrael Museum (36)

🇲🇽 Mexico

1 museum

Also in MexicoMuseo Soumaya (27)

🇳🇱 Netherlands

5 museums

Also in NetherlandsCentraal Museum (1232)Kunstmuseum Den Haag (314)Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (72)Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (71)Kröller-Müller Museum (42)

🇷🇺 Russia

3 museums

Also in RussiaRussian Museum (66)Hermitage Museum (51)Tretyakov Gallery (25)

🇪🇸 Spain

1 museum

Also in SpainThyssen-Bornemisza Museum (34)

🇨🇭 Switzerland

3 museums

Also in SwitzerlandKunstmuseum Basel (82)Kunsthaus Zürich (56)Beyeler Foundation (40)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

5 museums

Also in United KingdomTate (105)Imperial War Museums (72)National Gallery (42)National Galleries Scotland (31)National Portrait Gallery (26)

🇺🇸 United States

19 museums

Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (5026)Metropolitan Museum of Art (296)Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (279)Museum of Modern Art (221)Sidney Janis Gallery (173)Yale University Art Gallery (122)Barnes Foundation (95)Art Institute of Chicago (90)Smithsonian American Art Museum (83)Philadelphia Museum of Art (63)Cleveland Museum of Art (46)San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (41)Museum of Fine Arts Boston (38)Yale Center for British Art (34)The Phillips Collection (33)Detroit Institute of Arts (31)Dallas Museum of Art (27)Buffalo AKG Art Museum (26)Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (25)

204 more museums hold Modernism works with smaller collections, not listed here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Where can I see Modernism paintings?
    Modernism works are held in 254 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Centraal Museum, and Kunstmuseum Den Haag.
  • How many museums have Modernism artworks?
    254 museums worldwide hold works by Modernism artists.
  • Which is the best museum for Modernism?
    National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. holds the largest Modernism collection with 5026 works.
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