The Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain) will host this summer one of the most important exhibitions ever to be devoted to the work of Raphael (1483-1520) and his studio and the first to focus on the final phase in the artist’s career when he became the most influential painter in Western art.

To mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the National Portrait Gallery hosts this landmark exhibition that brings together some of the most remarkable and resonant images of Elizabeth II made during her reign.

Klimt’s 150th anniversary offers an opportunity to see the City of Vienna’s collection in its entirety for the first time, helping us to appreciate the sheer diversity of an artist at the threshold of the 19th to the 20th century. Especially the drawings – sketches for his major works as well as independent erotic sheets – allow a fascinating view from within of Klimt’s development and working methods: a close-up of an artist.

The exhibition David Hockney: A Bigger Picture presents a group of recent works by the noted British artist that were inspired by the East Yorkshire landscape. Approximately 200 pieces, most of which are large-format creations from the past six years, will be displayed at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Spain) alongside selected works produced between 1956 and 2000, which evidence Hockney's tireless research into and fascination with the landscape.

The Art Institute of Chicago (USA) explodes with the energy of Roy Lichtenstein in the largest exhibition of the seminal Pop artist to date.