Every year, Cultivist Club Members get to embark on Art Focused trips to destinations that are having must-see moments, and we open the doors that usually stay closed: artists' studios, private homes, and museums after the crowds have gone. This list contains Four Destinations on our calendar for next year, a sneak peak into what we've got in store for Art Travel in 2027.

Yinka Shonibare CBE "Wind Sculpture (SG) III", (2018) Courtesy of Norval Foundation, Cape Town

Cape Town | 16 to 21 February

Experience the city's vibrant art scene with VIP fair access, private collections, artist studios and a weekend of art, architecture, and wine in Stellenbosch.

For this trip, the timing is the point. We hit the runway during the week of the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, the largest contemporary art fair on the continent, and members walk in before it opens to the public. Around the fair, there's a curator-led tour of Zeitz MOCAA, the museum carved out of a historic grain silo on the waterfront, and a studio visit with Igshaan Adams, whose work is in the collections of Tate, MoMA and the Guggenheim. Then the pace slows right down. The weekend moves out to the Winelands for estate art collections, a sculpture garden set across 7.5 hectares of indigenous landscape, and an evening wine tasting at Delaire Graff.

The Great Pyramid of Giza

Cairo | 1 to 5 April

Explore ancient wonders and contemporary culture, from the Grand Egyptian Museum and after-hours Pyramids access to visits with local collectors.

This is the trip people will ask you about for years. The Grand Egyptian Museum opened fully in November 2025, showing the complete treasure of Tutankhamun together for the first time, and members see it with an Egyptologist. The same day brings special access to the Paws of the Sphinx, sunset dinner on the Giza Plateau with the Pyramids in full view, and then a return to the Pyramids after hours, without the crowds. Contemporary Cairo gets just as much time: artist studio visits, a morning in Zamalek's galleries, and the Wissa Wassef School of Weaving, where artisans have been making tapestries by hand since 1952.

Heydar Aliyev Centre. Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo By: B&W Studio

Baku & Tbilisi | 4 to 9 May

Travel from Baku to Tbilisi through contemporary art, striking architecture and cultural landmarks, whilst discovering the region's creative traditions.

Two cities, two very different stories. In Baku, the trip takes in Zaha Hadid's sweeping Heydar Aliyev Center and the studio of Faig Ahmed, the artist who takes traditional Azerbaijani carpets and makes them look like they're melting, glitching or coming apart. A short flight later, you're in Tbilisi, home to one of the most talked-about art scenes in the region. Highlights include the Mirror Halls of the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, decorated by Qajar artists from Iran in the 19th century, a studio visit with Tolia Astakhishvili, and an evening walk through Old Tbilisi that ends with Georgian wine.

Hélio Oiticica "Magic Square #5 (Invenção da Cor, Penetrável Magic Square #5, De Luxe)". Photo by Mario Gogh via Unsplash

São Paulo & Inhotim | 3 to 7 June

Take in Brazil's art scene at its best, from leading museums and private collections to the extraordinary contemporary art, architecture and gardens of Inhotim.

The big draw is Inhotim, and members spend the best part of two days there, starting with a curator-led introduction and finishing with a behind-the-scenes morning. It's a contemporary art museum spread across vast botanical gardens in Minas Gerais, home to dedicated galleries for artists including Yayoi Kusama and Adriana Varejão, and Olafur Eliasson's giant kaleidoscope set among the trees. Before that comes São Paulo: a private tour of MASP, Lina Bo Bardi's landmark building where paintings hang on glass easels, and an evening inside a collector's home for a private viewing and dinner.

Join Us

Art Trips are exclusive to Club Level Members, and every trip is hosted by two members of The Cultivist team from arrival to farewell. Full itineraries are shared with members. If you'd like to come with us in 2027, become a Club Level Member.

Itineraries are subject to change in the lead up to the trips themselves.*