When: 10 May 2012 - 13 May 2012
What: Summer Open Studios Art Show
A unique opportunity to interact directly with over 200 artists within their individual creative spaces.
Where: Wimbledon Art Studios, Riverside Yard, Riverside Road, Earlsfield, London, SW17 0BB
Web: www.wimbledonartstudios.co.uk

When: 18 May 2012 - 20 May 2012
What: Affordable Art Fair, Bristol
The perfect place to explore art, whatever your budget.
Where: Brunel's Old Station, Temple Meads, Bristol, BS1 6HQ
Web: www.affordableartfair.com/bristol

When: 28 March 2012 - 17 June 2012
What: Gillian Wearing
A major exhibition exploring how people present themselves in front of the camera.
Where: Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London, E1 9QX
Web: www.whitechapelgallery.org

When: 15 February 2012 - 15 July 2012
What: Picasso and Modern British Art
Rarely seen works alonside work of British artists who took inspiration from Picasso.
Where: Tate Britain, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG
Web: www.tate.org.uk

When: 19 July 2012 - 22 July 2012
What: Art In Action
Approximately 25,000 people come to learn, buy and enjoy. There are exhibitions, classes and performances of 400 demonstrating artists, designer makers, teachers, musicians and performers. Disciplines include painting, sculpture, glass, woodwork, textiles, ceramics, metalwork and jewellery.
Where: Waterperry House, Waterperry, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JZ
Web: www.artinaction.org.uk

When: 19 May 2012 - 22 September 2012
What: Alex Katz
A retrospective to celebrate Katz' 85th birthday. Includes display of works personally chosen by Katz from the Tate collection.
Where: Tate St Ives, Porthmeor Beach, St Ives, TR26 1TG
Web: www.tate.org.uk 

When: 23 June 2012 - 7 October 2012
What: Peter Blake and Pop Music
Important paintings, collage and prints brought together to celebrate Blake's 80th birthday.
Where: The Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, PO19 1TJ
Web: www.pallant.org.uk 

When: 28 June 2012 - 14 October 2012
What: Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye
A look at how Munch engaged with the modernity of his day. Includes well known works and lesser known photos and films.
Where: Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Web: www.tate.org.uk

When: 22 June 2012 - 28 October 2012
What: Turner Monet Twombly
Bringing together 3 contemporaries to explore the similarities of their work. Includes previously unexhibited Twombly paintings.
Where: Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB
Web: www.tate.org.uk

When: 12 September 2012 - 16 September 2012
What: 20/21 Art Fair
The 25th show event, showing modern and contemporary British art. Expect big names of the 20th century.
Where: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2EU
Web: www.britishartfair.co.uk

When: 20 January 2012 - 6 May 2012
What: Henri Cartier Bresson
Forty-one photographs of the most evocative of the great masters of black and white photography.
Where: Fandango Incontro, Dei Prefetti, 22 - 00186 Rome, Italy
Web: www.fandangoincontro.it

When: 29 January 2012 - 6 May 2012
What: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States
Works that demonstrate Surrealism's influence on the feminist movement. Louise Bourgeois, Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo and Lee Miller are represented among others.
Where: LACMA, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036, US
Web: www.lacma.org

When: 4 February 2012 - 20 May 2012
What: Hammershøi and Europe
Presenting the work of Danish artist Vilhelm Hammershøi and juxtaposing it with work of his contemporaries such as Whistler and Gauguin.
Where: National Gallery of Denmark, 1307 København K, Denmark
Web: www.smk.dk

When: 12 June 2012 - 16 September 2012
What: Late Raphael
An important exhibition devoted to Raphael with emphasis on his later years and works.
Where: Museo National Del Prado, Madrid 28014, Spain
Web: www.museodelprado.es