The last and greatest work by Edward Burne-Jones, The Sleep of Arthur in Avalon (1881-1898), will return to the UK from Puerto Rico for the first time in forty years when it goes on display as part of the major re-hang of the BP British Art Displays at Tate Britain.

The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting, opening at Tate Britain on 4 June, is the first exhibition to survey the history of British painters' representations of the Middle East from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. It will explore the great range of artistic responses to the peoples, cities and landscapes of the regions lying just across the Mediterranean from Europe.

An exhibition of the work of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) opening in September 2008 (Thursday 11 September 2008 – Sunday 4 January 2009) at Tate Britain will be a major celebration heralding the artist's centenary in 2009. As the first UK retrospective since 1985, it will afford a re-assessment of his work in the light of the new research that has emerged since the revelation of his studio and its contents following the artist's death.

Modern Painters: The Camden Town Group is the first exhibition for twenty years to focus on the work of a circle of painters who were a leading force in modern British art in the years leading up to, and during the First World War. Founded by Walter Sickert in 1911, the Groupchronicled changes in both British society and the rapidly developing city of London, depicting a powerful portrait of a nation in transition.

Modern Painters: The Camden Town Group is the first exhibition for twenty years to focus on the work of a circle of painters who were a leading force in modern British art in the years leading up to, and during the First World War. It will be on view from Wednesday 13 February to Sunday 4 May 2008.

The most comprehensive exhibition to date of the work of Peter Doig will open at Tate Britain in February 2008. Spanning two decades, this major survey comprises over 50 paintings and a group of works on paper. It will also include a substantial body of work developed in the five years since his move to Trinidad in 2002 – many of them not previously shown in the UK.

Following an open competition, forty photographs of contemporary Britain have been selected by a panel of experts for display as part of Tate Britain’s current How We Are: Photographing Britain show. Like the exhibition, which brings together over 500 images by 100 photographers, the winning entries demonstrate a wide range of approaches from portraiture to landscape and from formal to documentary photography.

This summer, Tate Britain's Art Now programme is moving to a new exhibition space at the heart of the gallery. It will occupy a larger space enabling a more varied exhibition programme and group exhibitions. Its more prominent position next to the Sackler Octagon at the centre of the Duveen galleries reflects Tate Britain’s commitment to contemporary British art and support of emerging artists.

In October 2007 Tate Modern will present the first major survey in the UK of the work of the French born artist Louise Bourgeois (b.1911). The exhibition spans seven decades of varied and prolific artistic output ranging from small scale experimental works to large scale installations from the 1980s and 1990s.

Tate Britain will mount its largest survey ever of JMW Turner's watercolour masterpieces in June 2007. David Hockney will be working with Tate curators on the selection of the works for the exhibition. The BP Summer Exhibition Hockney on Turner Watercolours will showcase Turner's unrivalled mastery of the medium, with the insights of a contemporary artist who is also an exceptional watercolourist.