Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border provides a fascinating, in-depth look at Wassily Kandinsky's creative process during the five months leading up to his 1913 masterpiece Painting with White Border (Moscow), now in the collection of The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

The Hamburger Kunsthalle hosts, in the Hall of Master Drawings, a selection of drawings by Marc Brandenburg, who has recently emerged as one of the best-known draftsmen of his generation.

The Great American Hall of Wonders is the name of the exhibition hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum until 8 January, which examines the 19th-century American belief that the people of the United States shared a special genius for innovation.

The photographic exhibition by Daniel Schwartz Snow in Samarkand –Views from the Hinterland of War confronts burning issues of the day.

To mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, the National Portrait Gallery, London, in collaboration with the National Galleries of Scotland, Ulster Museum, Northern Ireland and National Museum of Wales stage an innovative touring exhibition bringing together 60 of the most remarkable and resonant images of Elizabeth II spanning the 60 years of her reign and some on public display for the first time.