Art Renewal Center^®

Emily Sargent: Portrait of a Family Published on 3 July, 2025

This unique presentation features watercolors by Emily Sargent (1857–1926), her older brother, renowned portraitist John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), and their mother, Mary Newbold Sargent (1826–1906). As the artistic family traveled seasonally through Europe, Mary encouraged her children’s creative aspirations. The siblings had a close relationship and often sketched and painted side by side. As John Singer Sargent’s bold portraits increasingly garnered critical attention, his younger sister Emily supported his career while building a body of work of her own that remained largely unseen.

Intended as a complement to The Met’s Sargent and Paris, this exhibition celebrates the recent gift—from the artists’ heirs—of 26 Emily Sargent watercolors, which will be making their debut.

The exhibition runs from July 1, 2025 – March 9, 2026 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave, NY, New York, 10028.

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Lines of Connection: Drawing and Printmaking Published on 1 July, 2025

In Europe, drawing and printmaking had rich interconnected histories evolving from the 15th century—when drawing and printing rose to prominence—to the 19th, when photography and notions of originality significantly altered their relationship. This major loan exhibition tells the story of how artists worked creatively on paper, crossing boundaries between media and challenging traditions.

The exhibition runs from July 1 – September 14, 2025 at The Getty Museum, 1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049.

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2 Days Left to Enter the ARC Salon Competition! Published on 30 June, 2025

Due to a large number of requests for more time and individuals needing last minute technical assistance, the deadline for the 18th International ARC Salon Competition will be extended until the end of the day on July 2, 2025. Works submitted after the original deadline will be charged a $5 late fee per entry to acknowledge those artists who were able to finish and submit their works on time. If you have already entered the ARC Salon and would like to update your image files or submit additional works, you are welcome to do so up until the new deadline. There is no additional charge for updating an image for an entry that was submitted prior to the original June 12 deadline. We are very excited to see a lot of amazing new works being submitted to the competition.

To view the prospectus and to enter visit the ARC Salon entry pages.   

2-Week Figure Workshop Published on 20 June, 2025

Aug. 4th – 15th Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm

Charcoal into Grisaille (week 1), Form Painting Within the Figure (week 2)
 
Instructors: Stephen Early and Darren Kingsley (teaching alternate days)
 
Students can attend 1 or both weeks.

In the first week, students will start with fast, gestural figure sketches using a block-in approach to establish structure and anatomy, gradually refining their drawings before introducing paint. The process will emphasize loose, expressive marks and strong foundational elements, transitioning to grisaille block-ins that incorporate both gesture and structure. In the second week, students will focus on translating three-dimensional form onto canvas, prioritizing value control, proportion, anatomy, and paint handling—using either a limited color palette or traditional black and white grisaille to model form effectively.

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Charcoal into Grisaille
Form Painting Within the Figure

City and Country: Selections from the Department of Drawings and Prints Published on 19 June, 2025

Featuring a variety of works spanning the seventeenth to the twentieth century, this installation touches on the theme of city and country. It includes recently acquired Netherlandish landscape drawings as well as British and Swedish landscapes from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Other sections highlight French Neoclassical drawings and works by French women artists of the same period, with a particular focus on the relationships between these artists, their materials and techniques, and their participation in the French Revolution. City and Country also features self-portraits across time, scenes of city dwellers and urban window-shoppers, and a selection of British propaganda posters and trade cards from World War II in commemoration of the eightieth anniversary of the war’s end.

The exhibition runs until September 2, 2025 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave. NY NY 10028.

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