Modern art

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WINNING TIP: The Kröller-Müller Museum, Arnhem

In this modern art gallery within the vast Hoge Veluwe national park, culture and nature come together. Its collection is impressive, including work by Van Gogh, Seurat and Picasso, and more contemporary pieces. The sculpture garden, the largest in Europe, has works by Rodin, Serra, Hepworth, Oldenburg and many more artists. You can explore the sprawling park on free bicycles.

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UK

Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

Love Picasso? Cézanne? Hepworth? Piper? European and British 20th-century modern art? Chichester's Pallant House Gallery has it all, in a fab modern gallery attached to a 1712 townhouse. Ancient and modern in one. A view of the cathedral, friendly staff and guides, a restaurant overlooking a courtyard garden, a good bookshop, an art library, talks, workshops and community involvement. Spend an hour or a day here. Stand and stare, be inspired, perhaps even take part in making art at one of its workshops.

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A small but lovely modern art collection exists on the upper floor of the newly refurbished Ashmolean Museum. It contains pieces by lesser known artists in addition to lesser-known works by famous artists. In addition, until 20 February there's a special exhibition of sculpture by contemporary British artist Thomas Houseago, the Ashmolean's first collaboration with Modern Art Oxford.

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Tate St Ives, St Ives

The most spectacular views from any gallery in Great Britain. Northwards from the glazed rotunda over the shimmering sands of Porthmeor Beach, where uber-cool surfers seem to dance on the crashing waves, and east across mediterranean-blue St Ives Bay to Virginia Woolf's brilliant white lighthouse at Godrevy. The St Ives school of painters flourished in the mid-20th century, and their life-affirming take on modernism reflected the ancient landscape and wild Cornish sea. Afterwards, exploring the narrow lanes of the "Downalong" fishing community of St Ives or walking the coastal path to magical Zennor, you will quickly understand why so many creative people have been drawn to this very special place.

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Dean Gallery, Edinburgh

The first thing you see as you enter Edinburgh's Dean Gallery is Eduardo Paolozzi's huge Vulcan, a seven-metre high Roman fire god made of multi-faceted metal striding among the cafe tables. The gallery also has a recreation of Paolozzi's studio: you can stand for hours spotting all the little toys and bits of junk he used for inspiration. There's an excellent programme of temporary exhibitions too, and Scotland's best brownie in the cafe.

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