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.

The Museo del Prado presents “La Colección. La otra ampliación”, one of the highlights of its art reorganization plan based on the reopening of the Central Gallery in the main floor,-upon completion of its renovation- and major changes in the arrangement of the collections.

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.