From 22 May, artist Bernd Krauss’ new commission brings a live bird’s eye view of London’s ever-changing skyline to street level for the Whitechapel’s new project The Street.

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has acquired an important 17th century painting Mars and the Vestal Virgin by Jacques Blanchard, who was one of the most important Parisian painters of his time.

This Christmas - from Friday 19 December 2008 to Sunday 11 January 2009 - Southbank Centre presents LOST AND FOUND ORCHESTRA, the new show from the creators of STOMP (the hit show seen by over 12 million people in 42 countries since its beginnings in 1991).

The redevelopment this year of The Model Arts and Niland Gallery in Sligo presents an opportunity for the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin to exhibit a selection of works by Jack B. Yeats from the wonderful Niland Collection.

The Whitechapel presents a new exhibition of Swiss artist, musician, video-maker and graphic designer Daniel Pflumm, including the world premiere of new work, London, 2008.

No artist living in the second half of the 20th century has made a deeper impression on popular culture than Andy Warhol (1928-1987). Almost two decades on from The Hayward’s acclaimed exhibition Andy Warhol: A Retrospective (1989), the gallery presents a major exhibition - running from 8 October 2008 to 11 January 2009 - that brings a fresh perspective to the work of the celebrated Pop Art master, showing works from the 1950s through to the 1980s.

Inspired by and devoted to its materials, this exhibition is featuring works by 50 artists utilizing either clay or fiber or a combination of these two mediums in their art. Far from homogeneous, the wide selection of works showcases the diverse strategies for employing clay and/or fiber in the creation of traditional, functional and conceptual approaches.

Bill Viola is internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. For over 35 years he has been at the forefront of developing the medium of video art as a vital form of contemporary art. Viola’s work focuses on universal human experiences of birth, death and the unfolding of consciousness.

Plans for a six-month programme to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Hayward, starting in April this year, and a future programme of major monograph shows were unveiled today by Hayward Director, Ralph Rugoff.

The National Gallery of Ireland has placed on view its recent acquisition, 'Young Woman in White Reading' by French nineteenth-century master, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919). The painting, which is the first Renoir to enter the collection, was purchased at auction, at Sotheby's Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York (November 2007).

American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection opens at the Memorial Art Gallery and remains on view through June 15. This major traveling exhibition showcases 54 rarely-seen paintings from the golden age of American Impressionism (ca. 1880–1920), from one of the country's premier museums.

The Hayward Project Space 1968 was the year that rocked the world. A time of unparalleled upheaval across the world, the remarkable events of 1968 created a legacy that was to shape a generation. To commemorate the revolutionary spirit of 1968, and to celebrate its own 40th birthday, The Hayward is presenting the first major May 68: Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion display in the UK of posters produced by students and workers in Paris during the strikes of May 1968.