An exhibition of paintings and drawings by Noelle Sandwith celebrating Tongan culture in the 1950's. It is on view through 28 January 2007 at Pictorial Gallery, Sainsbury-Horrocks Gallery, Second Floor. Entry included in admission donation

George Stubbs (1724-1806): A Celebration, an exhibition of nearly twenty paintings by the celebrated artist, comes in early 2007 to The Frick Collection, its only North American venue. The exhibition marks the bicentenary of Stubbs's death by presenting some of his greatest contributions to the tradition of British eighteenth-century painting, all notable for their originality and beauty.

The Delaware Art Museum and the Brandywine River Museum are pleased to announce the joint purchase of a major painting by Howard Pyle (1853-1911) titled Richard de Bury Tutoring Young Edward III, an oil on canvas completed in 1903. By combining resources, the museums were able to acquire this highly valued illustration.

This major exhibition will explore the representation of urban domestic interiors and gardens in 20th century paintings, providing a vivid and intimate glimpse into private worlds not often on view. It will pick up where the Geffrye's acclaimed two-part exhibition of the same name, which covered the 18th and 19th centuries, left off, taking the story from 1914 to the present day.

A stunning oil composition by nineteenth century painter Samuel Palmer has been acquired by The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, with the help of a £360,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund and a grant of £90,000 from the National Art Collections Fund.

The Kimbell Art Museum and Mr. Alain Monteagle jointly announce today the return of Joseph Mallord William Turner's painting Glaucus and Scylla (1841) to the heirs of John and Anna Jaffé. The painting, which has been in the Kimbell's collection since 1966, is being returned as the result of discussions over recent months between the Museum and Mr. Monteagle, the representative of the Jaffé heirs.

"I wanted to win but now I want peace". Says Bassam, 10 years old. "My dream is that there won't be attacks, there'll be fewer dead and I will have more friends." Says Danit, 9 years old.

The arts of India are richly populated with animals. From ants to owls, cranes to crocodiles, these creatures are more than figures within the landscape. They can be emblems of power, legendary heroes, poetic metaphors, and much more. Their significance in the arts of the subcontinent reflects their ubiquity in everyday life as well as their roles in Hindu, Jain, and Islamic religious beliefs.

The Tate Liverpool exhibition Jake and Dinos Chapman: Bad Art for Bad People will constitute the most comprehensive overview of the Chapmans' work to date. As part of this survey, the exhibition will include the first and only complete showing of the newly finished project Painting for Pleasure and Profit: A piece of site-specific performance based body art in oil, canvas and wood (dimensions variable) 2006.

Tate will bring together for the first time ever three of Turner's very greatest watercolour paintings, The Blue Rigi, The Dark Rigi and The Red Rigi, as part of a campaign to raise £4.95 million to save The Blue Rigi from going abroad. A temporary export bar has been placed on The Blue Rigi until 20 March 2007 by the Culture Minister, David Lammy. The exhibition at Tate Britain will be open from 22 January to 25 March 2007.

Officials at a U.S. art museum say a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya has been stolen while being transported to an exhibition in New York.