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The Florence Academy of Art U.S. (FAA) is excited to present ‘On Paper, An exhibition of Drawings’, held at the FAA U.S.’s Mana Contemporary location. This exhibition opens on Sunday, April 29th and ...

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The California Arts Club, an ARC Allied™  Organization, is holding an exhibition of works by their San Francisco Chapter. ARC Living Artist™ Clark Gussin's work, "Rain ...

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2 May, 2018

Organized by The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, this exhibition presents a juried collection of 60 outstanding contemporary artistic interpretations of birds and related subje ...

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Since 2007, the biennial Percival Portrait Painting Prize is an open competition for Australian artists. The competition showcases the outstanding and innovative work currently being produced by Au ...

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New this year, the “Summer Drawing Scholarship Competition” offers an opportunity for young fine art students and practicing artists to apply for a space in the Barnes Atelier summer drawin ...

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The National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, an ARC Allied Organization, is holding their first Best of America Small Paintings Exhibition. A variety of events will take place in connec ...

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27 April, 2018

Hosted by Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., “Imagine” aims to celebrate the imaginative flare that often separates the efforts of the ARC Approved Ani Art Academy artists from their contemporarie ...

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OPA 27th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils is one of the finest display of reprsentational oil paintings. The jurying process strives to select paintings that show the highe ...

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The Salmagundi Club is holding their "Annual Exhibition", which showcases its club members' finest works of art in all media - oil, watercolor, pastel, graphics, sculpture, photography and ...

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Arts in Rome, an ARC Approved ™ school is immensely pleased to receive internationally renowned award-winning artist, David Gray, who will be teaching his remarkable oil painting technique ...

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  Fine Art Connoisseur magazine is holding a scholarship competition that will be awarding a total of seven full scholarships to attend the upcoming 2nd Annual Figurative Art Convention & ...

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This annual exhibition features the best works of the students/artists of the ARC ApprovedTM Chiaroscuro Atelier. The show runs from April 26 - May 17, 2018 with the opening reception on ...

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Greg Hildebrandt is happy to be a part of the Escape Velocity Exhibition, held at the Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City.  This SciFi theme exhibition curated by Edjo Wheeler opened on Friday ...

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We are pleased to announce an article featuring  Alex Bauwens, the Art Renewal Center’s 13th ARC Salon Fine Art Connoisseur Award winner, has been published in the Scottsdale Independent. ...

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ARC Living Master tm Daniel Gerhartz is holding an exhibition of thirty-one paintings. It is the artist's first major retrospective. It includes many new, never before seen works. "H ...

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ARC Living Artist TM Debra Keirce is holding a solo show called "As Life Happens".    The show runs from April 6 - June 11, 2018 at the Ellis-Nicholson Gallery located on 1 Bro ...

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At ARA Boston, an ARC approved Atelier, their academic training allows students to render what they see to a great degree of truth. ARA Boston is an enthusiastic exponent of the atelier's ...

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The Woman's Essence Project creates public awareness and supports women in contemporary art. The Project represents contemporary women artists worldwide. In the past, women typically play ...

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The Plein Air Convention & Expo is the world’s largest plein air event. It’s like the Woodstock of outdoor painting. By attending the 2018 Plein Air Convention, you’ll make personal connections ...

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ARC Associate Living Master™ and award winning artist, Tina Garrett, is holding a 5-Day Painting the Portrait from Life workshop at The Florence Studio in Italy. Beginners on ...

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The Society of Classical Poets Journal Vol. 6 showcased ARC Living Artist Clark Gussin's drawing, "The Patriot" to illustrate poems in Section IV, titled "Facing T ...

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The Masters Academy of Art is holding a Summer Scholarship Competition. The school is giving away scholarships for summer workshops as well as a grand prize of one full month of study for free. The ...

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4 April, 2018

The 2018 Night of Artists showcases over 280 works by 74 of the country’s top Western artists. Night of Artists is the largest fundraiser for the Briscoe Museum with proceeds supporting the Museum' ...

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Nick Alm, second place winner of the Figurative Category, winner of an ARC purchase award, the Poets Artists Award and the TIAC Art Prize was recently interviewed by The International ...

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The Atelier Studio of Art is holding an Art Studio Sale. Original artwork will be for sale as well as model stands, cast stands, easels, drawing table and assorted art related stuff including flat f ...

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This year, The Barnes Atelier will be breaking down their atelier drawing program process into 4 unique and intensive workshop weeks. Taking place between July 30 - August 24, 2018, each week-long w ...

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Following in the footsteps of nineteenth-century artists who celebrated the out-of-doors as a place of leisure, renewal, and inspiration, this exhibition explores horticultural developments that res ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Kenneth Salaz our newest ARC Living Master!     "Ken Salaz was born in 1970 in southern California and spent his youth living in numerous locations with hi ...

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The Arts in Rome Cultural Association, an ARC Approved Atelier, has launched a prize competition for artists, with the aim of promoting and enhancing Contemporary Figurative Art. The main prize is a ...

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The International Arts & Culture Group (TIAC), an ARC Allied Organization, recently interviewed Joan Coderch and Javier Malavia of Coderch and Malavia Sculptors. The sculptors won the TIAC Art P ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Robert Caldwell as an ARC Associate Living Master. "Robert’s passion for art and nature can be seen in his highly detailed, realistic paintings and drawings. Rob ...

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While a small live audience watches the demo, Facebook users around the globe are encouraged to make comments and ask questions about the painting process. Studio Incamminati faculty members Dan Tho ...

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We are extremely pleased to announce a third prominent venue for this exhibition, Sotheby's, Los Angeles, who has graciously agreed to host the ARC Salon at their prominent west coast venue. The exh ...

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Texas Academy of Figurative Art, an ARC Approved Atelier, is holding their Spring Gallery Night on March 24, 2018. Work by students and teachers will be on display. The show is being held at 415 ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Laurence Saunois as an Associate Living Master. "I was born near Paris, but I went regularly to spend school holidays on my grandfather's small farm in the south ...

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Rembrandt created a series of unusually meticulous drawings depicting emperors and courtiers from Mughal India. This exhibition explores 20 of the Dutch master’s careful studies of imperial Mughal p ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Mary Ross Buchholz will be featured in the March/April issue of Art of the West magazine. Her work will also be in The Russell Exhibition and Sale at the C.M. Russell ...

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William Whitaker, the "granddaddy of Utah artists" died on March 6, 2018, at 75. Whitaker garnered numerous accolades for his work over the course of his career and mentored an entire g ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Robbie Fitzpatrick as our newest ARC Living Artist! "It has been a road of many curves and corners that has led me to watercolor. Along those bends, I kept turning ...

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UNTV, a major Philippine TV network, recently conducted an interview with artist Christian Luke Alarcon, about winning an honorable mention in the Da Vinci Initiative category of the 13th Internatio ...

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PoetsArtists has recently published their newest issue featuring five 13th ARC Salon PoetsArtists Award winners: Nick Alm, Mary Chiaramonte, Randalf Dilla, Rose Frantzen, and Saul Martinez Rodr ...

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In 1917 the Artists and Patrons of the Salmagundi Club decided to purchase the brownstone building at 47 Fifth Avenue as their permanent home. Some of the greatest artists in American history contri ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Denise Antaya recently won a finalist award for her painting “The Hideaway” in the Art Muse Competition. Her work will also be on display in the Oil Painter's of Am ...

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The Epoch Times, Sweden, recently published an article about Nick Alm's work in the 13th ARC International Salon Competition. Alm won second place in the Figurative category, an ARC Purcha ...

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Congratulations to Jesser Valzacchi, for his painting "Remnants of the Past in Contemporary Freedom", for winning of the first ever People's Choice Award. For the first seven days after th ...

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Art Renewal Center has been a loyal partner of The Representational Art Conference (TRAC) for several years now and since TRAC is going abroad for the first time this year, we want to celebrate ...

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27 February, 2018

The 9th Annual Group Show will feature new works by some of the finest Texas artists living and working today including ARC Associate Living Master Mary Ross Buchholz. The artist reception will b ...

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Laguna College of Art and Design, and ARC Approved Atelier, is proud to present "In Search of the Real ll: LCAD Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition", a collection of original works from their est ...

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22 February, 2018

ARC Living Master Mary Pettis will be exhibiting her paintings in tandem with the concerts being performed by the Minnesota Orchestra. "Color Harmonies" is a continuing celebration of t ...

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21 February, 2018

Richard Whitney recently unveiled a portrait of retiring Chief Justice Linda Dalianis at the New Hampshire Supreme Court.  Chief Dalianis is the first woman Justice and Chief Justice in New Ham ...

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PoetsArtists Magazine has extended the deadline of the Painting the Figure now competition until April 15, 2018.  Information about the competition can be found here.      The ...

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ARC is pleased to present the winners and finalists of the 13th International ARC Salon Competition. This year we had over 3,750 entries from 69 countries. Our finalists represent approximately 28% ...

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The ARC will be posting results of the 13th International ARC Salon Competition this Monday, February 19th. www.arcsalon.org   The most prestigious realist art competition in the Am ...

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Since the founding of the United States, American painters have been attracted to the celebrated art, ancient ruins, and picturesque scenery of Italy.  This exhibition of works from the Muse ...

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14 February, 2018

ARC Associate Living Master Sergio Roffo will be holding an art demonstration at Tree's Place located on Rte 6A at 28, Orleans, Massachusetts 02653.    The event takes place on Saturday, ...

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Cast Your Votes and Have Your Opinion Heard! This year we are excited to introduce our 1st ever People's Choice Award! Cast up to 10 votes for your 10 favorite works once results post ...

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This exhibition highlights the extensive artistic and aesthetic exchanges between Dutch and French painters from the reign of Napoleon to the beginning of the twentieth century. Starting in the Firs ...

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8 February, 2018

When eighteenth-century pastellists competed with oil painters for portrait commissions, they faced a challenge. Paper was manufactured in small sheets, and so, to create pastel pictures as large as ...

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ARC Living Artist, Debra Keirce will have works shown at two Copley Society events. The Copley Society of Art New Members Show runs from January 11 - February 22, 2018 and the Copley Society of Art ...

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6 February, 2018

The Manchester Art Gallery recently took down John William Waterhouse's "Hylas and the Nymphs", claiming that the removal was meant to "prompt conversation about how we display and in ...

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The Atelier in The High School at Bradford Christian Academy, was established in 2015 at Bradford Christian Academy by Sandra Galda, who brought atelier training to the school’s art offerings. The ...

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"The Hunt of Odd Nerdrum", a 6 part documentary series, follows Nerdrum's son Öde and his former pupil Tuv around the world, tracking down Nerdrum's artistic inspiration. The se ...

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The Groninger Museum presents Romanticism in the North: From Friedrich to Turner, the first international survey exhibition of northern European Romantic landscape painting. Dramatic scenes of ...

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Frederic Church: A Painter’s Pilgrimage, organized by the Detroit Institute of Arts, features more than fifty paintings and studies that Church completed during and after his 1867–1869 trip to the N ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome the Academy of Fine Art Germany as our newest approved atelier! The Academy of Fine Art Germany offers a three year program that follows the concept and training whic ...

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25 January, 2018

Celebrated as one of America's preeminent landscape painters, Thomas Cole was born in northern England at the start of the industrial revolution, immigrated to the United States in his youth, and tr ...

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PoetsArtists Magazine is holding Painting the Figure Now, a competition for quality paintings that investigate the many ways we see the human figure today; contemporary approaches to portraiture, na ...

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The finalists for the 13th International ARC Salon Competition will be posted on the ARC website at 6 pm Eastern Standard Time.     We thank you for your patience and your interest in th ...

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DVI is thrilled to announce that Robert Pool, co-author of the best-selling book Peak, has written an article about the DVI and the atelier training method. He will also be including atelier trainin ...

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This talk by John Robert Peck will introduce Margaret Livingstone’s book “Vision and Art” and provide direct applications for art students and artists. Since the “sight-size” methods of drawing and ...

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16 January, 2018

The Grand Central Atelier will be hosting a lecture on Giovanni Battista Moroni given by Robert Bunkin, who is a figurative painter, art historian and former Curator of Art at the Staten Island Muse ...

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The California Arts Club, an ARC Allied Organization, is holding an exhibition that will showcase a range of paintings that capture the blooming of colorful flowers and budding of leaves that transf ...

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Sherry Ross is sponsoring a free giveaway of her fantasy novel, Return of the Vinetropes, on Amazon. Click on this link to enter the contest to win a free copy of her book. The contest ends Jan ...

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Sivananda Nyayapathi has recently been elevated from ARC Living Artist to ARC Associate Living Master! An ARC Associate Living Master™ shows significant skill in all of the building blocks of great ...

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ARC Living Masters Julio Reyes, Shaun Downey, and Jeremy Lipking are among the many talented artists exhibiting with the Arcadia Contemporary Gallery at the LA Art Show. The show runs from January 1 ...

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11 January, 2018

Finalists for the 13th International ARC Salon Competition will be posted on the ARC website on January 19th, 2018. Please be sure to visit the ARC website to view a listing of the artists and title ...

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Dr. Elaine Melotti Schmidt, curator of the Visions of Venus/Venus’s Visions Show was recently interviewed by the Huffington Post. PoetsArtists magazine and the accompanying exhibition at the Zhou B ...

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5 January, 2018

The Florence Academy of Art U.S. is holding "12 x 12, A Portrait Exhibition" at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ from January 12 - March 23, 2018, with the opening reception of on Friday ...

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The website, Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers, has recently conducted an interview with ARC Living Master Kirk Richards. There are also interviews with ...

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The Academy of Realist Art, Boston, an ARC approved atelier, launched its fifth annual scholarship competition for promising artists with a love for academic style painting and drawing. The scholars ...

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Inspired by The Da Vinci Initiative and to show their appreciation for the hard work art teachers do,  The Florence Academy of Art in Mölndal, Sweden has established the “Thank a ...

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28 December, 2017

ARC is pleased to welcome Gulay Berryman as our newest ARC Living Artist. "Art has been my way of acknowledging the world around me.  I have always been a very visual person from a young ...

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Van Eyck’s 'Arnolfini Portrait' informed the Pre-Raphaelites’ belief in empirical observation, their ideas about draughtsmanship, color and technique, and the ways in which objects in a picture coul ...

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This exhibition highlights more than 150 master drawings from the Thaw Collection, one of the world’s finest private collections containing over 400 works on paper. Assembled over the last ...

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Chief Curator of the Crocker Art Museum Scott Shields has revealed his selections for the first, second, and third place winners in the PleinAir Salon bi-monthly competition, presented by Plei ...

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Founded in the 19th century, Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen possesses one of the world's finest collections of 15th- and 16th-century Netherlandish drawings. Bosch to Bloemaert  ...

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13 December, 2017

We are pleased to announce  BoldBrush/FASO as the Landscape Category Sponsor for the 13th International ARC Salon Competition. BoldBrush is a free online art guild f ...

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The Galleria Borghese in Rome houses six paintings by Caravaggio, the largest gatherings of his works in a single collection. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience three masterpiec ...

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One of the most celebrated painters of the Spanish Golden Age, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo worked primarily in Seville, where he was born in December 1617, until his death in 1682. Well known for his ...

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Yuehua was born in 1959 in Beijing, China. Yuehua's mother was an art teacher and she taught him how to draw. He participated in art activities in school. His dream was to enter the Academy of Fine ...

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Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer presents a stunning range and number of works by the artist: 133 of his drawings, three of his marble sculptures, his earliest painting, his wood architec ...

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The Art Renewal Center is pleased to welcome Arts in Rome as our newest ARC Approved AtelierTM. Arts in Rome is the New School of Figurative Art in Rome, a project that harmonises modern and ancien ...

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The entry period for the 13th International ARC Salon Competition is now closed. This year we have received over 3,750 entries from over 1,500 artists from 69 countries. A listing of the Finalists w ...

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1 December, 2017

The London Atelier of Realist Art, an ARC Approved Atelier, is looking for a Senior Administrator, available to start January 2018. The Senior Administrator will oversee all adm ...

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1 December, 2017

To celebrate the centenary of the death of the European sculptor Auguste Rodin, the MEAM will present, from November 30, 2017, the first great anthological exhibition of the work of the Polish sculp ...

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There's less than 24 hours left to submit work to the 13th International ARC Salon Competition!      Works do not need to be available for sale or available for the live exhibi ...

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29 November, 2017

Realism Without Borders is a beautiful and rare exhibition including works by top International artists from Sweden, America, Russia, France, Italy and Ukraine. Curated by Vaness ...

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The Florence Academy of Art U.S. (Jersey City) is proud to present a new panel-discussion series beginning this fall in New York City titled "FAA Dialogues." The Florence Academy of Art U. ...

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ARC Associate Living MasterTM Arina Gordienko will be among the 28 internationally acclaimed artists participating in this charity exhibition and auction.  100% of the proceeds go towards ...

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This landmark exhibition examines the artistic exchanges among Johannes Vermeer and his contemporaries from the mid-1650s to around 1680, when they reached the height of their technical ability and ...

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