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Written, drawn, declaimed, thought, cancelled, the word has played a fundamental role in the experimentation of the historical avant-garde movements, and its presence has accompanied every significant change in the artistic poetics of the 20th century. From Futurism to Dadaism and Surrealism to Fluxus and the contemporary scene, the relationship between word and image has given life to the boldest expressive forms, making an original innovative contribution both to painting and to the more traditional forms of written, poetic, literary and artistic text. With alternating fortune, now rare, now dominant, writing has appeared throughout 20th-century art, and even today the ambiguity of its relationship with the image is as never before at the centre of interest for young artists.
Image: Alighiero Boetti - Afghanistan, 1988-89. Mart

MART - Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
Corso Bettini 43 38068 Rovereto TN Italy
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10 am- 6pm Friday open until 9 pm. Closed on Monday

http://www.mart.trento.it

The graphic artist, painter and furniture designer Torben Skov turns 60 this year. This will be celebrated with the exhibition Mobile ergo sum, which will show the works of a versatile artist on the move.

Kunstindustrimuseet - Danish Museum Of Art & Design
Bredgade 68 / 1260 København K  Denmark
Hous: Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-5 pm
Monday closed
Admission Adults: 50 DKK/under 18 years: Free / Season ticket: 150 DKK
Concessions (pensioners/students): 35 DKK

http://kunstindustrimuseet.dk

Robert Frank is one of the world's most influential photographers. For more than fifty years, he has broken the rules of photography and film making, challenging the boundaries between the still and the moving image. The exhibition, the first retrospective in Chile, features some 80 vintages.
Image: Londres, 1952 / printed 1980s Collection Fotomuseum Winterthur, permanent loan Volkart Stiftung Image (h X w mm) 237 x 353
© Robert Frank.

Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Chile
Parque Forestal S/N. Santiago, Chile
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 7pm / Closed on Monday.
Admission: $ 600 CLP/ concessions $ 300 CLP

http://www.dibam.cl/bellas_artes

Ferdinand Hodler was considered during his lifetime as a leading artist in the Modernist movement. Born in Berne in 1853, he lived in Geneva until his death in 1918. He was a member of the great Secessions and saw his work acclaimed in Vienna, Berlin and Munich. His triumph in Paris came in 1891 when his seminal painting Night (Berne, Kunstmuseum), was banned by the city of Geneva for reasons of obscenity. Holdler is also an uncompromising portrait painter and unequalled landscape painter.
Image: Ferdinand Hodler La pointe d'Andey, vallée de l'Arve (Haute Savoie)© photo RMN, Gérard Blot

Musée d'Orsay
1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur- Paris, France
Opening hours: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 9.30am to 6pm  / Thursdays from 9.30am to 9.45pm Closed on Monday. 
Museum and exhibitions: € 7.5 / concessions:  € 5.5 
Free access for all on the first Sunday of each month

http://www.musee-orsay.fr

It was as late as around 1890 when Western sculptural techniques were fully introduced into Japan, a country with the native tradition of sculpture such as Buddhist statues and decorative objects. "Modern sculpture" in Japan started in the 1910s to the 1920s when excellent bronzes were produced by Kotaro Takamura and Morie Ogiwara who empathized with Auguste Rodin, and the traditional art of wood carving experienced renovation. Presenting ninety epoch-making pieces, this exhibition tries to provide a general survey of modern Japanese sculpture from its birth to postwar works produced in the 1960s.
Image: Morie Ogiwara Woman 1910 The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo
3-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8322 Japan
Hours: 10 am - 5 pm / Open until 8 pm every Friday
Closed on Mondays
Admission to the Art Museum Adults : ¥420 / concessions  ¥210
Admission to the Crafts Gallery Adults : ¥200 /concessions  ¥100

http://www.momat.go.jp