On April 9, the New Museum will introduce the first major U.S. solo exhibition of paintings by London-based artist Tomma Abts (born Kiel, Germany, 1967). Abts creates paintings that confound expectation. Small, severe, and abstract, Abts' work is an antidote to the florid figuration that has dominated the contemporary painting discourse for the last decade.

Darwin Police are investigating the theft of seven Aboriginal paintings from the Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery.

Hall's paintings are inspired by the artist's visits to Palm Springs' pools and resorts and Los Angeles' posh Westside and beaches. Depictions of privileged, beautiful women grinning with self-satisfaction against the inevitable ravages of time became the basis of Hall's imagery. Employing a realist style of painting, the artist celebrates the color and quality of light in sunny environments. The paintings will be on view from 05.24.08 to 09.14.08.

Seventeen brilliant watercolor paintings of some of Fort Worth’s most iconic historic buildings will be on view at the Amon Carter Museum in the exhibition Fort Worth Landmarks in the 1950s: Watercolors by Bror Utter through June 15. Admission is free.

Washington, D.C, is the only east coast city to host this landmark exhibition

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of an exceptional painting by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) that dates to his first extended stay in Tahiti. Arii Matamoe (The Royal End) (1892) joins the Museum’s collection of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, which includes works by van Gogh, Cezanne, Monet, Degas, and Renoir.

Brilliant Women: 18th-century Bluestockings is a major exhibition opening Thursday 13 March at the National Portrait Gallery co-curated by Dr Elizabeth Eger, Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature at King’s.

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.

"Color as Field: American Painting, 1950–1975," on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Feb. 29 through May 26, is the first full-scale exhibition to examine the sources, meaning and impact of the Color Field movement. Paintings from this period constitute one of the crowning achievements of postwar American abstract art. "Color as Field," organized by the American Federation of Arts, offers an opportunity to re-evaluate this important aspect of 20th-century painting.

Anatomy of a Masterpiece: How to Read Chinese Paintings, an installation opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on March 1, 2008, therefore presents visual ‘C rather than textual ‘C analysis of what makes a work of art a masterpiece by juxtaposing Chinese paintings with enlarged photographic details.

Washington, DC - The Folger Shakespeare Library announces "History in the Making: How Early Modern Britain Imagined its Past." The exhibition tells the story of the Tudors and their world–—and how the new dynasty was created and supported through very selective history-telling.

The Museum of Contemporary Art is set to unveil a new exhibition showcasing its collection of rare and significant Aboriginal bark paintings, dating from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.