Features - Museum Review

The Art of Travel exhibition presented by the Orientalist Museum, Doha, tells the story of Polish mayor Bartholomäus Schachman’s travels throughout the Ottoman Empire during the 16^th century.

The Royal College of Art in London, in its 175^th year, celebrates its anniversary by hosting a free exhibition open to the public from November 16, 2012 to January 3, 2013.

Celebrating the 50^th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Collecting for 50 Years – The People and Their Stories opens at the museum on October 12.

The Art of Video Games is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, until September 30 – one of the first major exhibitions to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium.

Marking the XXX Olympiad in London, the ‘Olympics Through Media’ exhibition at the QMA Gallery showcases the development of the relationship between the Games and the media from their humble beginnings.

Separated by a century but sharing a creative vision, the work of Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs is celebrated at Les Arts Décoratifs museum in Paris until September 16.

Olympic host 1972

This month is your last chance to experience a sense of nostalgia at a special exhibition at the Deutsches Museum, Munich.

Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition is featured at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until July 8. With some 300 works of art, this is the first major exhibition to focus on this first dynastic era.