Some 180 examples of the very earliest works of Egyptian art —created in the Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods, around 4400 B.C.–2649 B.C. (the end of Dynasty 2) from throughout Egypt— are featured in the exhibition The Dawn of Egyptian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA).

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) draws from its collection to present the exhibition The Shaping of New Visions: Photography, Film, Photobook on view from April 18, 2012, to April 29, 2013.

The National Gallery (London, UK) presents to the public Titian’s first major commission, the Flight into Egypt, on loan from the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. The exhibition will examine the talented young artist’s creation of this extraordinarily ambitious work, painted when he was just a teenager.

Tate Modern (London, UK) presents the first substantial survey of Damien Hirst’s work ever held in the UK. Hirst is widely regarded as one of the most important artists working today and has created some of the most iconic works in recent history. This exhibition provides a journey through two decades of Hirst’s inventive practice. It also forms part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad.

A private collection of lithographs and woodcuts by the celebrated Norwegian artist Edvard Munch is shown in the UK for the first time this spring at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.