Pink Floyd, other masters, on tour

Airfares to Europe are at historic lows, with flights to London, Paris and Rome for less than $400 round-trip in February. And once you make it over, you’ll find an outstanding seasonal slate of shows at Europe’s museums.

The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea (MACRO) in Rome Through June 30, 2018

In the first collaboration in decades of Pink Floyd’s remaining members, an audio-visual exhibition dedicated to the band’s legacy is touring Europe. Following a London debut, it’s open in Rome. To cover 50 years, more than 350 objects will be featured, including a re-creation of the van used on mid-1960s tours, a large version of “The Wall” and an immersive experience of the last performance of the full band in 2005. pinkfloydexhibition.com/

Living with gods peoples, places and worlds beyond at the British Museum in London Through April 8, 2018

The British Museum looks at religious practices and expressions across societies throughout time. britishmuseum.org

The Art of the Viennese Watercolor at The Albertina in Vienna February 16 - May 13, 2018

The 19th century marked the height of watercolor’s popularity among Viennese artists during the Biedermeier era. Artists such as Jakob Alt, Matthäus Loder, Thomas Ender, and Peter Fendi created watercolors of city scenes, landscapes, portraits and florals. albertina.at

Degas, Danse, Dessin. A Tribute to Degas with Paul Valéry at the Musee d’Orsay in Paris Through February 25, 2018 To mark 100 years after the death of Edgar Degas, the Musée d’Orsay based this exhibit on a little-known work by Degas’ friend, Paul Valéry. In 1937, he published Degas Danse Dessin that addressed the painter’s personality and creative process. musee-orsay.fr

1917. Revolution. Russia and Europe at the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin Through April 15, 2018

Berlin’s Deutsches Historisches Museum marks the anniversary of the Russian Revolution with an exhibit of more than 500 objects from Russia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Great Britain and France. dhm.de/

Modigliani, Soutine, and other legends of Montparnasse at the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg Through March 25, 2018

The Fabergé Museum is showing important French works for the first time. More than 120 works by Amedeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine, Andre Derain and Suzanne Valadon are on display. http://fabergemuseum.ru/

Dutch Masters from the Hermitage at the Hermitage in Amsterdam Through May 27, 2018 The State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, has lent its sister museum in Amsterdam its prized collection of seventeenth-century Dutch paintings, most of which have not been back in the Netherlands since their Russian acquisition. From its collection of 1,500 works, 63 items, including six works by Rembrandt, return temporarily to their Dutch birthplace.

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Magritte, Broodthaers & Contemporary Art at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels Through February 18, 2018

Belgian René Magritte described his surrealist art as “unknown images of what is known.” His iconic “Ceci n’ est

pas une pipe (This is not a Pipe)” returns to Belgium for the first time in more than 45 years. More than 150 of his (and his contemporaries’) paintings, sculptures, installations, drawings, photographs and films are included. fine-arts-museum.be

THE PINK FLOYD EXHIBITION “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” of course features The Wall.

STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM Rembrandts return to their birthplace this winter.