About Art Visit Guide

Art Visit Guide publishes short, practical guides for visiting art exhibitions.

The idea is simple:
help you understand what you’re looking at, without homework, audio guides, or long essays.

Each guide is designed to be read quickly, ideally before or during your visit.
No theory overload, no academic language, no filler.

What you’ll find here

Each exhibition guide focuses on three things:

• a bit of essential context
• what actually matters inside the exhibition
• how to move through it without getting lost or fatigued

Most guides also come with a one-page PDF you can keep on your phone while you visit.

How the guides are made

Art Visit Guide is not a review site and not an art history archive.

Every guide follows the same editorial principles:

• clarity over completeness
• structure over opinion
• usefulness over interpretation

Context is always included, but only what helps you understand the work better.
If something cannot be verified, it is either omitted or clearly stated.

The role of the artist

Understanding an exhibition often starts with understanding the artist.

Each guide includes a short section focused on the artist’s context:
who they were, when they worked, and what shaped their work.

This is not biography for its own sake, but a way to read the work more clearly.

Where this project comes from

This project started in Barcelona and is built one exhibition at a time.

The focus is on major museums, temporary exhibitions, and shows worth visiting.
Guides are added progressively.

About the free PDF

Most guides include a free one-page PDF.

It’s designed to be used during your visit: simple layout, clear sections, no distractions.

You receive it by email.
One email with the PDF. Unsubscribe anytime.

Contact and feedback

If there’s an exhibition you’re curious about, or something you think should be improved, you can reply to any email or get in touch through the site.

Art Visit Guide evolves guide by guide.