Helen Langdon takes us to the best-loved museums around the world but also to a vast selection of fascinating minor galleries, churches, villas and houses, where she draws our attention to outstanding paintings and sculptures. Great national collections are covered as well as private collections. Whether guiding us to the scuole of Venice or the avant-garde galleries of New York, this fascinating work of reference is a must for every traveller and art lover. Art Galleries of the World features a star rating system, an index of artists, foreign language vocabularies, and a glossary of art terms.