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

Sculpture of a large red pumpkin with black spots

2027 World Art Tours

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

Two photographs side by side, the image on the left is of a long tapestry in an enclosed space and the second is a three headed wolf in an exhibition space

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

A monastery inside a cave with vibrant ceiling tapestries and Buddhist statues

Hong Kong Art Week

22–27 March 2027

Hong Kong with John McDonald

Person looking at a wide artwork depicting a green and yellow scenery and multiple deities

Art treasures of Madrid and Andalusia

16–29 April 2027

Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Cordoba and Granada with Lorraine Kypiotis

A hall with red-and-white striped arches

New Zealand now: Contemporary art and design

27 April – 9 May 2027

Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland with Julie Ewington

A blue stained glass door

Splendours of the Pyrenees

10–23 May 2027

Toulouse, Andorra, Girona and Barcelona with Steven Miller

Townscape of brown and orange buildings with a river and luscious trees in the foreground

Authors and artists of Provence and Languedoc

17–28 May 2027

Toulouse, Narbonne, Arles and Aix-en-Provence with Lucienne Joy

A historic bridge surrounded by greenery and a brick castle in the background

Antiquities of the eastern Mediterranean

23 August – 5 September 2027

Cyprus with Paul Donnelly

Ancient Roman columns

Cutting edge contemporary: Documenta and Skulptur Projekte Münster

1–12 September 2027

Münster, Kassel and Berlin with John McDonald

Sculpture of a person standing on the edge of a long pole reaching towards the blue sky

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

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

Facade of a yellow building with an emerald roof and balconies

Light, landscape and Nordic design

20 September – 3 October 2027

Helsinki, Stockholm, Aalborg and Copenhagen with Simon Weir

Interior of a white monochromatic church

Crossroads of civilisations

25 September – 8 October 2027

Turkey with Christopher Allen

Ancient ruins of a library surrounded by a large green hill

Art treasures of Canada

1–14 October 2027

Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City with Kenneth Park

A grand building with many windows and pointed roofs situated on top of autumn-leafed trees

Moroccan mosaic

15–29 October 2027

Casablanca, Marrakesh, Fez, Chefchaouen, Rabat with Alex McKay

A blue stairway situated within saturated blue walls and doors

Hidden lands of the Himalayas

6–18 November 2027

Bhutan with Joyce Morgan

A monastery sitting on the side of steep mountain

More than meets the eye

November 2027

Tokyo and the ‘art islands’ with Toby Slade

An art museum where the ceiling bends at a 45 degree angle and has a large circular hole that reveals the trees outside

Top image:: Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey, Barcelona, Spain, photo: Shutterstock

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