British painter Lucian Freud, known for his intense portraits, particularly of nudes, has died, his New York-based art dealer, William R Acquavella said Thursday. He was 88.

The Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia hosts an exhibition with a large selection of funds by Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778), which comes from the collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos.

One of the largest sets of portraits of early English kings and queens is on display at the National Portrait Gallery (London) for the first time in 36 years.

Portraits of the Belle Epoque is the new exhibition hosted by CaixaForum Barcelona until October 9 in which traces the evolution of painting movements in the last decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a period of profound change framed by the Franco -Prussian and the First World War.

Watercolor is one of the most challenging artistic techniques, capable of extraordinary luminosity but often resistant to control. Luminous Paper: British Watercolors and Drawings, on view July 19-October 23, 2011 at the J. Paul Getty Museum.