The Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (Spain) hosts an exhibition devoted to the Centre Internacional de Fotografia Barcelona, CIFB. The CIFB was a short-lived experiment in the process of institutionalisation of photographic culture during Spain's democratic Transition. The current study of this experiment, little known and almost forgotten despite its nearness in time and space, should be understood from a double perspective: local and global.

On 28th January 2012 the Museum of Modern Art ARKEN, (Denmark) opens the doors to the exhibition The essence of colour. The Art of Queen Margrethe II. This is the biggest exhibition hitherto of the Queen’s art, where the public can follow her artistic development over the past 35 years. Over 130 acrylic paintings, water-colours and découpages are presented  -including a series of brand new works that have never before been shown to the public.

Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam is the first major exhibition dedicated to the Hajj; the pilgrimage to Mecca (Makkah) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is central to the Muslim faith. The exhibition, organized by the British Museum (London, United Kingdom) examines the significance of the Hajj as one of the Five Pillars of Islam, exploring its importance for Muslims and looking at how this spiritual journey has evolved throughout history.

Apparent position is part of a research project, on display at Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid, Spain), about the scientific expeditions that took place during the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in order to view and document different astronomical phenomena. In this project Paloma Polo (Madrid, 1983) explores the close relationship between scientific development and colonial expansion by the European imperialist powers.

The Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain) presents Sacred Stories. Religious Paintings by Spanish Artists in Rome (1852-1864), a display that features five of the finest canvases of this type, all recently restored, by Madrazo, Rosales, Alejo Vera and Domingo Valdivieso. These artists achieved enormous fame in their own day, steering genre painting from a refined late Romanticism derived from Nazarene painting towards the new pictorial realism.