Hermitage and Van Gogh Make Amsterdam a Mini-Pompidou

I'm a big fan of the Pompidou Centre in Paris. And I wish I could say I'd be visiting it on my recently booked trip to Europe. But thanks to the current exhibitions at the Hermitage Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum, I can marvel at Matisse and ponder Picasso on my May visit to Amsterdam.

Matisse to Malevich: Pioneers of Modern Art from the Hermitage

• Where: Hermitage Amsterdam
• When: March 6 - September 17, 2010
• What: 75 works from influential avant-garde artists Matisse, Malevich, Picasso, Van Dongen, Kandinsky and their modernist peers.

Paul Gauguin: The Breakthrough Into Modernity

• Where: Van Gogh Museum
• When: Until June 6, 2010
• What: A collection of more than 70 of Gaugin's works, including zincographs, sculpture, ceramics and paintings on loan from Musée d'Orsay and other world-renowned galleries.

  
  

^{Pictured: The Red Room (Harmony in Red), Henri Matisse 1908
Matisse c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2010}