Need a dose of culture with your city break? Nikki Ridgway highlights five of the most buzzed-about summer art events in New York, Madrid, Chicago, Kassel and London, and where to bed down in each destination, on Jetsetter.com

NYC: 
THE SHOW After runs in Madrid, Paris and London, the Yayoi Kusama retrospective opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art on July 12. With works spanning the six-decade career of Japan’s most prolific artist, expect the avant-garde artist’s signature Infinity Net paintings and polka dot–covered spaces. Go now for a sneak peek of the Fireflies on the Water installation on the ground floor.  

THE SLEEP Have a New York moment at the Chanel-inspired Surrey Hotel between Madison and Fifth Avenues. Dine with the power players at Café Boulud, head to the rooftop for Central Park views or admire the 30 original artworks hung around the hotel.

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