At times of financial apocalypse, we suggest taking comfort in a little high culture. Here are our global picks of things to see in the world this autumn.

Is the global meltdown of advanced capitalism making you a little cautious about international travel? Or, having been booted unceremoniously out of a bank that likely collapsed a few days later, do you find yourself with a lot of free time and stacks of air miles?

New York

: ‘Giorgio Morandi, 1890-1964’ is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Morandi, whom the New York Times calls a ‘painter-as-poet’, made stunningly beautiful, pensive, almost mysterious still lives in a controlled, cool palette. Or for something quite different, head to the Brooklyn Museum to see four short films by the Danish artist Jesper Just. (Or, just watch them on youtube?)

Venice: Nothing like a damp, misty, autumnal Queen of the Adriatic. If you’re lucky enough to get there in November, check out the Carlo Cardazzo exhibition at the Guggenheim. Cardazzo was a Venetian collector and gallerist, rather than an artist, so this is an unusual show, but in a good way.

Paris: Unlike Surrealism and other avant-garde, modernist ‘isms’, Futurism is too little appreciated by the world at large. Maybe it’s the links to fascism? Anyway, the Pompidou Centre is mounting a large retrospective of ‘Futurism in Paris’, with all the major figures represented.

Tokyo: If you’re hoping to get rid of all your air miles in one go, Tokyo’s a good way to do it. While there, head for the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, where you can catch a photography exhibition of London-based Tomoko Yoneda.

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