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This exhibition presents a survey of drawings made in the 18th and 19th centuries as preparatory designs for copperplate engravings, emphasizing and highlighting both their functional and artistic imp ...

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Hans Holbein was one of the most talented artists of the 16th century.  From his arrival in England in search of work he rose to royal favor, chosen to paint the portraits of Henry VIII, his family an ...

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The Morgan is home to one of the world’s largest and most important collections of drawings by Giambattista Tiepolo and his eldest son Domenico, with more than 300 representative examples of their liv ...

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We are pleased to announce that Mexico Academy of Art is now an ARC Approved® Atelier! In August 2023, Mexico Academy of Art opened its doors in the center of Mexico City. Their mission is to establis ...

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The 2023 Hudson River Fellowship Exhibition Opening is a must-attend event for art enthusiasts and lovers of the great outdoors. This celebration promises to be a feast for the eyes, with over 50 stun ...

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The American Artist Professional League will be holding their 95th Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club in NYC. Each artwork is selected for its beauty, quality, and value, and will repres ...

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Realism Live, the world’s largest online realism art training event, will begin this Thursday. Twenty-four of today’s most accomplished artists are ready to help you take your art to the highest level ...

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The Wallace Collection will be exhibiting watercolor landscapes by J.M.W. Turner and Richard Parkes Bonington that have not been on public view for 17 years.  The display brings together ten work ...

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This exhibition showcases 95 works from the late fifteenth to early twentieth centuries by numerous artists including Parmigianino, Guercino, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. ...

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Celebrate the lines, curves and complexities of the human form with new drawings by ARC Living Master Juliette Aristides and incredible terra cotta sculptures by Alan LeQuire. LeQuire, the creator of ...

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The Guild of Boston Artists invites you to a solo exhibition of paintings by award winning artist Sergio Roffo.  ARC Living Master Sergio Roffo is an elected "Fellow" of the American Society of M ...

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A remarkable printmaker, painter, and poet, William Blake developed a wildly unconventional world view, representing universal forces of creation and destruction, physical, psychological, and historic ...

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Denver's Gallery 1261 proudly presents a special showcase of contemporary artworks that explores the realm of high-definition realism. Curated by ARC Living Master Anthony Waichulis, this new exhibiti ...

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20 October, 2023

“Models and Masterpieces” is an evening of art and elegance while helping to support Studio Incamminati's commitment and dedication to excellence in art education. The artists will be creating artwork ...

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19 October, 2023

Organized with Tate Britain, “Fashioned by Sargent” explores the artist’s complex relationship with his often-affluent clients and their clothes. The exhibition reveals Sargent’s power over his sitter ...

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18 October, 2023

Grainger Gallery presents “Truth & Beauty” featuring Grainger’s favorite figurative realists, Penelope Boyd, Colleen Stapleton and ARC Associate Living Master Narelle Zeller. From the colorist hue ...

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This exhibition is the first to explore Impressionist artist Edgar Degas’s representations of Parisian laundresses. The industry fascinated Degas throughout his long career and he created about 30 dep ...

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The Salmagundi Club is proud to host the second Annual art materials fair, aimed at bringing the best makers of fine art materials within the walls of its prestigious brownstone home. Specialty vendor ...

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 Emilio Longo interviews floral artist and recently appointed director of the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art, Michael Klein, in this newly released podcast. The interview covers a ...

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11 October, 2023

The 12th International Figurative Painting and Sculpture Competition 2023, biennially organized by the Fundació Privada de les Arts i els Artistes, stands out as one of the most prominent events in co ...

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"The Seasons: Exploring Nature's Palette" features a collection of over 40 works by more than a dozen contemporary landscape artists. This carefully curated showcase invites art enthusiasts and n ...

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For centuries, women artists in Europe were considered rare and less talented than their male counterparts. Women who achieved professional artistic careers were deemed anomalous or exceptional, while ...

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The American Society of Marine Artists will present its 19th National Exhibition; a traveling show comprised of the finest maritime works from around the nation.  On display are works by 113 ...

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5 October, 2023

Hals was one of the most sought-after painters of his generation. A gifted artist whose deft brushwork was unparalleled, he built his reputation on a new style of portrait – highly unusual in his time ...

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This year marks the centennial of the death of the celebrated Spanish painter Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. In honor of this important anniversary, the Spanish government has declared 2023 the “year of S ...

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In the 19th century, artists made large and ambitious “exhibition watercolors” for public display that could hold their own with oil paintings. For private collectors, they also made smaller works. An ...

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29 September, 2023

This exhibition examines the close and sometimes tumultuous relationship between Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas. Born only two years apart, Manet and Degas were friends, rivals, and, at times, antagoni ...

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The Graphic Arts Cabinet presents drawings by Czech artists who, in the second half of the 19th and the early 20th centuries, spent time in Paris, the contemporary Mecca of the Arts. The artists captu ...

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This exhibition focusses on a central work of European sculpture, Francesco Laurana’s “Female Bust”.  It is one of the few Renaissance marble busts with coloring. The work is one of the most sign ...

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20 September, 2023

Congratulations to ARC Associate Living Master Kazuya Ushioda for winning First Prize for his painting “Grimoire” in the Figurativas 2023 Competition!  “His ability to capture the human essence w ...

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When James McNeill Whistler’s portrait of his mother, Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler, was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1881, few could have predicted that it would one day ...

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2023 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the death of Eduardo Rosales, who was one of the most influential Spanish painters who worked in the third quarter of the 19th century.  The exhibition ...

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Through more than 100 works from the 14th to the early 17th century, this exhibition explores the lives and experiences of women in Renaissance Italy and offers new perspectives on female creativity, ...

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Two rarely loaned paintings by Caravaggio join works by his devoted followers in this intimate exhibition highlighting both the grand spectacle and intense influence of Caravaggio’s extraordinary work ...

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The Guild of Boston Artists, an ARC Allied organization, presents this year's New England Regional Juried Exhibition. Each year, the exhibition provides a significant opportunity for talented New Engl ...

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The Art Renewal Center is proud to announce the winners of the 23rd annual ARC Scholarship Competition.  $27,500 in direct scholarships to aid students at ARC Approved® art academy and atelier sc ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Narelle Zeller has been selected as a finalist in the 6th Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize. The Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize is an annual non-acquisitive international art prize ...

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Begun in Rome in 1835 and completed in 1881, The Poem of the Soul is the crowning achievement of the Lyonese artist Louis Janmot, a pictorial and literary work all in one. In 34 compositions (18 paint ...

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7 September, 2023

Emilio Longo, Founder and Director of Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers (SBA) has recently published a video which documents father of the contemporary atelie ...

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Brooklyn-based sculptor Justin Ryan Kendall has an expansive collection of plaster casts available for art schools, students, artists, and collectors. These high quality reproductions are cast by hand ...

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The results of the 23rd ARC Scholarship competition will be posted on Friday, September 8, 2023. At ARC we view our scholarship program as one of the most important. In order for future generations to ...

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28 August, 2023

ARC Living Master Vicki Sullivan is a finalist in the prestigious Almanara Art Prize in Spain. Out of over 2500 entries from 63 countries, her work was selected as one of the 50 pieces to be showcased ...

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Celebrate the long-standing artistic tradition of depicting the world realistically by some of the finest artists in the country. The exhibition of traditional paintings and drawings by members of the ...

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25 August, 2023

ARC Living Masters Ana Schmidt and Jon Boe Paulsen will be among the artists exhibiting at ModPortrait, an exhibition of award-winning works from the international competition organized by the Galería ...

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Rogue Classical Atelier is currently holding their annual student showcase online this year!  5 divisions, Youth, Intermediate (Teens and Beginning Adults), Advanced Atelier Drawings, A ...

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Click to watch the video now. We are happy to release this video of the 16th International ARC Salon Award Ceremony, which occurred on July 14th, 2023. This video also includes footage and photographs ...

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The 16th International ARC Salon Exhibition is officially closed. Approximately 2,000 visitors attended and $238,200 in art was sold. Thank you to all the artists, Sotheby’s, FWSD, our jurors, partner ...

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The 16th ARC Salon Exhibition opened its doors on July 14. Nearly 50 artists from around the world were in attendance for the ARC Salon Award Ceremony and 400 plus people came through for the pub ...

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Working with his hands and small tools, Canova produced dazzling sketch models in clay, which helped him plan his designs for his large statues in marble. Imprinted with the fire of his imagination, t ...

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Into the Woods: French Drawings and Photographs from the Karen B. Cohen Gift combines objects gifted from Morgan Trustee Karen B. Cohen with related examples from the Morgan’s collection. This selecti ...

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Only 2 spots remaining in each program An exclusive opportunity to study with Master Artist Tony Ryder in a  4-week long program at  Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier. BACAA/Tony Ryder Maste ...

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ARC Living Master Juliette Aristides is offering a live one-hour open session opportunity for students to learn more about the Atelier programs offered at Aristides Atelier. Juliette will discuss ...

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American Artists Professional League, an ARC Allied Organization, is holding their 95th Grand National Exhibition.  Over $25,000 in awards will be offered. Entries are being accepted May 24 - Aug ...

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Pastel Portraits - Drawn from Life? Artists in 18th-century Europe relished the convenience and versatility of pastels to make portraits, which ranged from straightforward likenesses to imaginary rend ...

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ARC Living Master Ana Schmidt has been selected to exhibit two of her works, Barren Land and Dog Tracks, at NordArt 2023. NordArt 2023 presents a curated selection of contemporary art o ...

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FALL INTAKE - October 2, 2023 - June 7, 2024 WINTER INTAKE INTENSIVE - February 5, 2024  - July 19, 2024 SUMMER INTAKE INTENSIVE* - April 2, 2024  - September 27, 2024 - *with 1 month break ...

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The Academy of Fine Art Germany, Im Atzelnest 3, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany will hold an Open Day on Saturday June 3, 2023.  There will be a guided tour of the building, insights into teac ...

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The Angel Academy of Art, one of Florence’s premier institutes for teaching realist art in the tradition of the Great Masters, will soon open its doors to the public with an exhibition of works create ...

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Southwest Art Magazine has recently featured the 16th International ARC Salon exhibition at Sotheby’s NY from July -14, 24, 2023. “Now in its 16th edition, this year’s International ARC Salon Exh ...

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Irene Antich, winner of the Inside Art Award, was interviewed about her oil painting El Abrigo (The Cloak), which she created during the Covid lockdowns of 2020. “I chose “El Abrigo (The Cloak)” becau ...

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This exhibition features books and related ephemera published by Kelmscott Press, established in Hammersmith, London, in 1891 by William Morris, novelist, poet and leading figure in the British Arts a ...

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The Art Renewal Center is proud to announce that we will be holding an online benefit auction hosted on Sothebys.com which will include 60 works from the 16th International ARC Salon Exhibition. ...

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Go behind the curtain in this series by Grand Central Atelier founder and ARC Living Master, Jacob Collins. Each of these nuanced works were painted on-site in Grand Central Atelier's studios and ...

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On view is a curated show of this year's Grand Central Atelier's best student drawings, paintings and sculpture displayed salon-style in the Salmagundi Club's Parlor. Expect to encounter a high d ...

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This is just a reminder that we are now accepting entries to the annual ARC Scholarship Competition. Entries will be received through May 31, 2023. The Art Renewal Center will be giving ...

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In conjunction with the Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association's Art-A-Whirl weekend, The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts is holding its annual Full-Time Student Show. In addition t ...

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    The AAPL Spring Member Online Show is a wonderful opportunity to appreciate the talent and creativity of some of the finest artists in the country. The exhibit features a variety of repr ...

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The Art Renewal Center is currently accepting entries to the 23rd ARC Scholarship Competition from May 1- 31, 2023. The scholarship competition is open to all students attending or enrolled to attend ...

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Florentine poet, writer and philosopher Dante Alighieri’s (1265-1321) Divine Comedy was written in the Florentine vernacular that formed the basis for the modern Italian language. It describes Da ...

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27 April, 2023

Charles Miano and the Apprentices of the Miano Academy of Art will be holding an in-person demonstration and exhibition. The show will feature 25 works by Charles and his students, celebrat ...

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26 April, 2023

Selected entirely from the National Gallery’s permanent collection, this exhibition of approximately 80 recently acquired drawings and watercolors provides an overview of two centuries of British art. ...

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21 April, 2023

New York gallery Rehs Contemporary will present the newest body of work from ARC Associate Living Master, Josh Tiessen. Tiessen is an international award-winning artist based in Canada, best know ...

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The Art Renewal Center will begin accepting entries to the 23rd ARC Scholarship Competition May 1, 2023. The scholarship competition is open to all students attending or enrolled to attend ARC Approve ...

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This course is the continuation of MIFA Co-founder and Principal Instructor Milixa Morón's series of mini workshops, the objective is to contribute to building solid foundations in the construction of ...

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Vanessa Rothe's Americans in Paris fine art project and painters group adopts one of the gallery's annual theme of fine art and fashion as the AIP artists create all new works inspired by historical f ...

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This exhibition offers an unprecedented look at the life and artistic achievements of seventeenth-century Afro-Hispanic painter Juan de Pareja. Largely known today as the subject of The Met’s ico ...

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The ARC Approved Swedish Academy of Realist Art’s students, teachers and alumni will be exhibiting still life, landscape paintings, portraits, etchings, creative drawings and much more. Visit the SARA ...

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5 April, 2023

This exhibition follows the romance and radicalism of the Rossettis - Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (née Siddal), through and beyond the Pre-Raphaelite years.  The Rossettis’ approach to ...

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Visit the ARC Approved Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Instagram page for the Sculptors’ Retreat from March 31st - April 2nd.  Numerous nationally and internationally renowned sculptors will be partici ...

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The Texas Academy of Figurative Art is holding their spring salon of student and faculty artworks. The Spring Salon is an exhibition of contemporary realist works that range from classical Old Master ...

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Study at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford UK with two American Master Artists. Choose one or both. BACAA/Jon deMartin The Elements of Classical Drawing the Human Figure: https://tinyurl.com/2dh2 ...

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PoetsArtists has published a commemorative catalogue of the artworks chosen by eminent Art Advisor, writer, speaker, and former Chief Curator from the IBEX Collection, Kiki Kim. The catalogue features ...

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ARC Living Master℠ Katsu Nakajima is holding his largest solo exhibition to date. A total of 80 works will be exhibited, including 20 large works, as well as small portraits, landscapes, still lifes&n ...

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Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers, founded and directed by Emilio Longo, have recently published a video which documents the late Minnesotan artist-teacher, R ...

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Immersive 3-month courses with renewable enrolmentThe teaching is based on drawing, then progresses to oil painting, and aims for a level of excellence in contemporary classical realist art. Teaching ...

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16 March, 2023

Unleashing a bolt of artistic energy into the Philadelphia art scene, Rising Voices 2 features over 40 realist paintings by some of the nation’s most promising women artists. The exhibition features t ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Mary Kay West as our newest Associate Living Master℠! Mary Kay is a native of Asheville, North Carolina.  She was encouraged from the earliest age to express her creativ ...

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Pastels From Millet to Redon will revolve around eight major themes highlighting the revival of pastel from the second half of the 19th century.   The exhibition will display the evolution o ...

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Giovanni Battista Piranesi was primarily known for his etchings, but he was also an accomplished and versatile draftsman. The Morgan Library holds the largest and most important collection of Piranesi ...

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ARC Living Master℠ Robert Liberace will be teaching a two-week studio workshop in Dedham Vale, one of the UK’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, about an hour from London. Rob, internationally know ...

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The apprenticeship is based on drawing before approaching oil painting, and aims for a level of excellence in contemporary classical realist art. The support is individual, adjusted in consultation wi ...

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Join the ARC Approved® Swedish Academy of Realist Art on YouTube Live from SARA Academy and meet SARA co-founder Hans-Peter Szameit, rector Lena Olsson and students Ashlym Miles and Alexander Hedström ...

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Florence Classical Arts Academy - April 11 – September 29,  2023 This course is designed for people who would like to receive the foundation training in Visual Arts and is held in Florence and op ...

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Tudor Mystery: A Master Painter Revealed is the world’s first exhibition devoted to an important, talented and largely forgotten painter known as the Master of the Countess of Warwick. This excit ...

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16 February, 2023

ARC Living Master℠ Shane Wolf will be doing his first-ever livestream alla prima figure painting demo in association with Workshops in Yorkshire on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, from 6 - 9 PM GMT (London ...

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17 February, 2023

Emilio Longo, Founder and Director of Skill-Based Art: A Learning Resource for Art Students & Artist-Teachers, has recently published a text interview with Minnesotan Modern-Classical Realist pain ...

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The AdA apprenticeship program offers specialized skill-based classical training for people wanting to learn to draw and paint, and who are looking to achieve a level of excellency in Contemporary Rea ...

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From the sacred to the irreverent, see the exhibition that Artnet News called a “visual buffet.” Visit the Dallas Museum of Art to discover the history and development of art in Flanders during the fi ...

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The first major UK exhibition to explore the exceptional talents of the Renaissance master Donatello, arguably the greatest sculptor of all time. Experience a fresh vision of the artist and his influe ...

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The Montclair Art Museum is pleased to present a significant new installation of its world-renowned George Inness collection.  For the first time at MAM, Inness’s work is displayed in a salon-sty ...

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