Frank Gehry’s striking design for the Louis Vuitton Foundation merits its own exhibition at the Bois de Boulogne museum, through March 16. On permanent display: equally striking works by Ellsworth Kelly, Olafur Eliasson and other modern artists. www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en. Quito celebrates Founders Day on Saturday, Dec. 6, a date tied to Spanish colonization in 1534, long after the pre-Incan Quito tribe lived there. Take a nine-day cruise aboard the luxurious, 28-suite Irrawaddy Explorer, plus three days on land, to view Bagan’s ancient shrines, Mandalay, Inle Lake and the house of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi. Hiking, diving, birding and exploring Moriori (Polynesian but not Maori) heritage are highlights; arrive via Air Chathams from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch.