Time Out London's one-liner summation of this new show of work by Damien Hirst points out how there are none of the artist's figurative paintings in his blockbuster show, but that they can be found here, in his first exhibition at White Cube's new space in Bermondsey.  It's pretty astute.  It's also full of gargantuan ambition, to hold a show of thirty-five paintings in this massive gallery space.  In what promised to be a Damien Hirst year, the artist and his galleries have left no stone unturned.

There are dots, butterflies, birds, dogs and even an installation thrown in for good measure.  Clearly inspired by the geometric perspective of Francis Bacon, there is no question, despite what you may think of the man and his work, that this is 'art' in the traditional sense.  And despite artists and critics telling you that there's little room for value judgements in 'art' inevitably visitors to exhibitions will come away thinking that they either enjoyed it or they didn't - they thought it was good or they thought it was bad.

And here we have Hirst the Fine Artist.  With the exception of the size of the gallery there's little to tell a visitor of the hubris that surrounds the figure of this particular artist.  Which leaves us with the work.  Far beyond this writer to pass a value judgement, though I did enjoy the scale and the presentation of it all.  It's good ol' fashioned art, without the clamour or mess that goes on around it.  Is it any good?  Well, it's art.

Damien Hirst: Two Weeks One Summer is at White Cube Bermondsey until 08 July.

Despite still being a name on everybody's lips, and the man who practically defined fame in the postmodern world, exhibitions of work by Andy Warhol are surprisingly rare in this country.  It makes this new show, The Portfolios, at Dulwich Picture Gallery a little bit of a treat.

Eighty works drawn from the Bank of America Collection are on display here, covering a span of almost twenty years, from 1965-1984.  Comprised of silkscreen prints, this show presents a detailed cross-section of some of the most significant works by one of the twentieth century's most significant artists.  It's a striking recommendation.

Mingling among the lesser known works are some of the most iconic images created: Warhol on Mohammed Ali and Marilyn Monroe, for example.  Warhol created these icons, he created motifs that, produced cheaply, could be shipped cheaply in mass quantities.  It's what people wanted: colourful, bright and disposable.  These are gorgeous prints.  But that they are where they are and venerated accordingly, Warhol's is the joke that will never get old.

Andy Warhol: The Portfolios opens at Dulwich Picture Gallery today, until 16 September.

Show RCA is one of the most exciting graduation shows in the calendar.  Probably only it and Central St. Martins are the great celebrity draws among the wealth of riches at British art schools.  Last year over 40,000 visitors tramped through South Kensington and Battersea to see the show.  This year, the Royal College of Art's 175^th birthday, it boasts its largest ever number of graduating students - nearly 500 of the world's finest art graduates from over 40 countries display their hard-earned wares.

Show RCA 2012 is actually two shows.  In the historic South Kensington campus are students from Architecture, Ceramics & Glass, Fashion Footwear & Accessories, Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery, Innovation Design Engineering, Textiles, Vehicle Design, Animation and Visual Communication.  Plus, fresh from the launch and publication of their new book, the first ever students of Critical Writing in Art & Design show their graduation work, everything from books, to apps - even a stunning documentary on notions of temporality in fashion trends.

The Fine Art students of the Battersea campus include Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture.  Again, this year the college will make use of the massive underground gallery space, Testbed, where there will be work shown by Design Products and Design Interactions.

It's dizzying, and the quality of work from the graduating students is very strong.  With alumni include Tracey Emin, The Chapman Brothers, David Hockney, Ridley Scott and Julien Macdonald.  There's a history to live up to.  They've worked very hard over the past two years and this is a show that they - indeed, anyone - can be proud of.

Show RCA 2012 opens tomorrow, until 01 July.