Drawing primarily from the Getty Museum's permanent collection, In the Beginning Was the Word: Medieval Gospel Illumination, on display until November 27, 2011, at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Getty Center, (USA), examines the decoration associated with the Gospels, including portraits of the four Evangelists, and explores the varied approaches to illustrating the life of Christ.

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium presents the exhibition Art and Finance in Europe-18th Century Masterworks in a new light, which is composed of some 20 major works from the museum's collection.

The international exhibition CON AMORE-the Leif Djurhuus Collection is a show organized by the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum that will give visitors a unique glimpse of the extensive collection of international contemporary art of one of Denmark's largest art collectors, Leif Djurhuus.

For the first time in Germany a major retrospective is to be devoted to the world famous Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849). Over 350 loans, which with few exceptions come from Japan, will be on display in the exhibition in Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau.

The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbein Hamburg, (Germany), is showing the exhibition Stylectrical -On Electro-Design That Makes History until January 15, 2012.