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World Art Tours

Travel with our expert tour leaders to the world’s most fascinating cultural, artistic and archaeological destinations in style.

Monastery within a mountainous region

Travel further with the Art Gallery

World Art Tours is our signature travel program that has been running for over 20 years. It offers a fully curated, high-comfort travel experience where everything is taken care of.

Travel is by private coach with carefully selected accommodation, and the program includes expert-led lectures and major cultural highlights. These tours suit travellers seeking an enriching, seamless journey through the world’s great art destinations. 

Delivered by Renaissance Tours, our trusted travel partner, World Art Tours are available to all travellers. Every booking also helps support the Art Gallery and its future programs.

For more information on our World Art Tours 

Email info@renaissancetours.com.au
Or call 1300 727 095

Renaissance Tours

Fortress building situated near a river and mountainous region with the sun setting in the background

Punakha Dzong at the Mo Chhu river, Bhutan

Photo: Shutterstock

2026 World Art Tours

Hidden lands of the Himalayas

19–31 October 2026 | Bhutan with Alex McKay

A highly ornate Bhutanese Dzong building

More than meets the eye

1–10 November 2026 | Tokyo and Naoshima with Tony Slade

Photo of Yayoi Kusama's Red Pumpkin on Naoshima Island, Japan

2027 World Art Tours

Eternal Egypt

8–26 January 2027 | The heart of Middle Egypt and beyond with Melanie Pitkin

Wall painting from the Tomb of Nefertari in Luxor’s Valley of the Queens

Art deco to art now: Singapore

21–27 January 2027 | Singapore with Claudia Chan Shaw

Malaysian kaleidoscope

9–20 February 2027 | Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Penang with Claudia Chan Shaw

Vintage rickshaws lined up against a vibrant blue wall with two windows and an arched doorway

Serendipitous Sri Lanka

20 February – 7 March 2027 | Sri Lanka with Joyce Morgan

Hong Kong Art Week

22–27 March 2027 | Hong Kong with John McDonald

Art treasures of Madrid and Andalusia

16–29 April 2027 | Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Cordoba and Granada with Lorraine Kypiotis

New Zealand now: Contemporary art and design

27 April – 9 May 2027 | Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland with Julie Ewington

Splendours of the Pyrenees

10–23 May 2027 | Toulouse, Andorra, Girona and Barcelona with Steven Miller

Authors and artists of Provence and Languedoc

17–28 May 2027 | Toulouse, Narbonne, Arles and Aix-en-Provence with Lucienne Joy

Antiquities of the eastern Mediterranean

23 August – 5 September 2027 | Cyprus with Paul Donnelly

Cutting edge contemporary: Documenta and Skulptur Projekte Münster

1–12 September 2027 | Münster, Kassel and Berlin with John McDonald

Art treasures of the Veneto

14–27 September 2027 | Treviso, Padua, Vicenza and Verona with Lorraine Kypiotis

Ornately decorated chapel interior featuring detailed frescoes covering walls and ceiling

Uzbekistan

1–14 September 2027 | Tashkent, Nukus, Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand with Stefano Carboni

Facade details of a mosque dome

A Baltic and Bohemian rhapsody

5–17 September 2027 | Art nouveau in Prague, Riga and Helsinki with Claudia Chan Shaw

Light, landscape and Nordic design

20 September – 3 October 2027 | Helsinki, Stockholm, Aalborg and Copenhagen with Simon Weir

Crossroads of civilisations

25 September – 8 October 2027 | Turkey with Christopher Allen

Art treasures of Canada

1–14 October 2027 | Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City with Kenneth Park

Moroccan mosaic

15–29 October 2027 | Casablanca, Marrakesh, Fez, Chefchaouen, Rabat with Alex McKay

Hidden lands of the Himalayas

6–18 November 2027 | Bhutan with Joyce Morgan

Tiger’s Nest monastery (Paro Taktsang)

More than meets the eye

November 2027 | Tokyo and the ‘art islands’ with Toby Slade

Teshima Art Museum
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Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey, Barcelona, Spain, photo: Shutterstock

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