Summer is basically here, the New York art scene is set to slow down for the season and all the coolest art world insiders’ travel plans are coming together. If you’re one of them and you’re heading to Europe before Labor Day, you already know there’s more to do than read a book on the beach on Lampedusa or dance the night away in Mykonos. Revisiting your favorite centuries-old museum is one idea, but if you’re craving something different, there are several exhibitions across Europe that you should consider adding to your travel to-do list. In Austria, Germany, France and beyond, these are just some of the European art exhibitions to see before the summer is up.

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We know Danish artist Nina Beier for her “performative sculptures” that offer insight into her unconventional approach to artmaking. Her exhibition, “Parts,” which is on view at the KIASMA Museum in Helsinki, collects some of her best sculptures, which are on view until September 8. From sculptures made of wigs to remote-controlled toy cars and porcelain dogs, offer a fresh take on consumerism and consumption. This is her biggest retrospective thus far in the Nordic countries.

As one of America’s best documentary photographers, Stephen Shore is on view at the Henri Cartier-Bresson foundation in Paris until September 15. This survey exhibition showcases over 100 photographs from the 1960s onward, capturing a crisp Americana in all its glory, from car windows, trains and airplanes. This........

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