The Perspectives series of contemporary Asian art resumes with an exhibition of new works by artist Y.Z. Kami. Born in Tehran, Y.Z. Kami draws from Eastern and Western aesthetic and mystical traditions to create large-scale works that explore the movement between the physical world and the inward spiritual journey. A student of philosophy, he developed a particular interest in the human face and its relationship to the divine which has inspired several groups of portraits.

Coinciding with Cy Twombly's 80th year, this will be the first major retrospective in the UK for twenty years of the work of this artist. It will present a unique opportunity to examine his paintings, drawings and sculpture across his long and distinguished career. The exhibition will be on view from June 19 to September 14, 2008.

Power, pathos, beauty and destructive force are all words that characterize the National Gallery of Canada’s (NGC) summer exhibition, The 1930’s: The Making of “The New Man.” Presented by the National Gallery of Canada Foundation, this rich and thought-provoking exhibition comprises 206 works, created by some the most celebrated artists of the 20th century.

'Want to see more of me?' is a striking new series of portraits of talented and successful black British film actors by photographer Donald MacLellan, funded by the UK Film Council.

An innovative new display of Tudor portraits featuring virtuous wives and scandalous women ­ some not seen in public for more than 70 years ­ opens at the Elizabethan National Trust property Montacute House in Somerset, a regional partner of the National Portrait Gallery.

The major contemporary artist-provocateur Jeff Koons is one of the most well-known and intriguing artists of the 20th century. His works, with their seductive surfaces and flawless execution, transform everyday objects and fantasies into high art. The artist is working closely with the MCA to create a carefully selected survey focusing on his most iconic sculptural works.

im Carona and Heather Sacre, owners of El Paseo's Heather James Art & Antiquities and Laguna Beach's Rohrer Fine Art, have purchased the iconic gallery building on the corner of Portola and Highway 111 in Palm Desert. The new gallery will be the home of Heather James Fine Art and will focus on the genres of Impressionist and Modern, classical Post-War and Contemporary, American and Latin American, Old Masters, cutting-edge contemporary and photography.

Nobody cannibalizes an image like Richard Prince, who has carved his place in contemporary art by recycling, reflecting, and reframing photographs, cartoons, advertisements, and other images already existing in the public sphere. It's a practice cut from 1970s and '80s SoHo—Cindy Sherman, Jenny Holzer, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, and Sherrie Levine are among his contemporaries.

Richard Prince is one of the most innovative and influential artists of our time and can be variously described as a painter, photographer, sculptor and collector. His work makes use of an eclectic range of approaches to explore his fascination with Americana, pop culture, art, literature and language.

"Life on Mars," the 2008 Carnegie International, focuses on the increasingly relevant question of what it means to be human in the world today. Foregoing any universal answers to this question, the artists in the exhibition investigate particular aspects of the human condition, moving along paths that are both introspective and worldly while poetically traversing the dramatic spectrum from tragedy to comedy.

Rebecca Belmore: Rising to the Occasion, on view at the Vancouver Art Gallery through October 5, 2008, will be the first large-scale survey of artwork by the renowned Canadian artist.

Robert Therrien (born in Chicago in 1947, lives and works in Los Angeles) has made a name for himself primarily for his large-format sculptures and installations but he is also active in the fields of drawing, prints and photography.