Posts for July, 2025

Ten paintings by Antonio Muñoz Degrain will be on display, five of them recently restored, which illustrate the thematic variety, technical skill and aesthetic vision of the Valencian painter. A nearby showcase contains the acceptance speech “on sincerity in art” given when he was inducted into the Academia de San Fernando (1899), a drawing donated to the collections, and a photograph of his portrait by the sculptor Miguel Blay.
 
This show is part of a program that aims to promote the museum's nineteenth-century collections, the most numerous group of paintings at the Prado, which since 2009 has featured different artists, media and contexts in small single-theme exhibitions.

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The unprecedented installation of paintings united in the exhibition Vermeer’s Love Letters pairs the Frick’s Mistress and Maid with special loans of the Rijksmuseum’s Love Letter and the National Gallery of Ireland’s Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid. Their presentation together in a single gallery for the first time offers visitors an opportunity to consider Vermeer’s treatment of the theme of letters as well as his depiction of women of different social classes.

The exhibition runs from July 18 – August 31, 2025 at the Frick Collection, 1 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021

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Antoine Watteau (probably 1684–1721) was one of the most influential, prolific artists active in 18th-century France. In a short career lasting little more than a decade, he pushed painting in new directions that were to guide generations of French artists, blending genre, mythology and rococo frivolity in works so novel that they heralded a new genre: the fête galante.

Watteau won particular renown for the thousands of drawings he produced during his life. Drawing, as contemporaries realized, was his favorite creative outlet, bringing him 'much more pleasure than his finished pictures'. Instead of making figure studies for a picture as academic practice dictated, Watteau drew speculatively, conceiving ideas that might be slotted into a picture months or even years later. The sheets he produced were to be enjoyed in their own right as the first, freshest iterations of ideas that he thought were dulled when translated into paint.

This display is the first exhibition of the British Museum's Watteau holdings to be held since 1980. Its varied contents demonstrate Watteau's extraordinary talent as a draughtsman, his sophisticated, novel approach to drawing, and the prestige that his graphic works enjoyed among Europe's connoisseurs.

The exhibition takes place at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London,  WC1B 3DG, UK, from May 15 – September 14, 2025.

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Join classical realist painter and renowned author Juliette Aristides for a free live online event exploring what it truly means to see like an artist. In this 45-minute session, you will be able to ask questions about art and education. Juliette will share her thoughts on cultivating deeper visual awareness, interpreting the visual world with purpose, and creating meaningful, timeless work in an age of distraction. The session includes a live Q&A and the chance to win a copy of her newest book, The Inner Life of the Artist. Hosted by Terracotta, this is a rare opportunity to hear from one of today’s leading voices in classical art. Open to artists and art-lovers alike.

Monday, August 18th, 2025, 1:00 pm EST 

To learn more, visit https://terracotta.art/workshop/seeing-like-an-artist-a-conversation-about-observation-and-art-in-our-time

Explore the world of animal illustrations at the dawn of European natural history, when scientific discovery and imagination combined. Peek into nearly 40 works from the Library’s rare book collection. 

From the largest mammals to the smallest insects, the animal world has always inspired writers and illustrators. Since ancient times, humans have projected character traits onto animals. In medieval Europe, animals became subjects of a new literary genre of religious stories. At the same time, a growing interest in science made artists concerned with anatomic accuracy. 

See how illustrators approached the same creatures from different perspectives during this period of rich development. You’ll find early scientific drawings, illustrated fables, and drawing manuals from the 16th to 18th centuries—all rarely on view.

Running from May 19 – October 31, 2025, the exhibit will be on view at the National Gallery of Art, 4th St NW, Washington DC, 20565.

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The antiquarian and art collector Richard Payne Knight bequeathed over a thousand drawings to the British Museum. The superb quality of his collection transformed the Museum's graphic holdings and established it as a place where visitors could admire old master drawings alongside works of contemporary British art.

The exhibition explores the breadth of Payne Knight's intellectual interests through some of the most celebrated works from the bequest. Drawings by Renaissance and Baroque painters like Raphael, Michelangelo and Claude Lorrain will be shown alongside work by Payne Knight's contemporaries, including Thomas Gainsborough and John Robert Cozens. 

This marks the first time that a representative selection of this important bequest has been displayed since its arrival at the British Museum in 1824.

The exhibition runs from May 15 – September 14, 2025 at the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London,  WC1B 3DG, UK.

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Join ARC Living Master™ Mary Pettis for a 5-day / 5-night artist retreat like no other! Imagine deepening your connection to Nature through oil painting, surrounded by the awe-inspiring giant redwoods and the dramatic Pacific coastline. Now, envision doing all this while indulging in unparalleled luxury accommodations and savoring gourmet cuisine. This exceptional retreat is designed just for you

No matter your experience level, you’ll expand your technical mastery, learn to distill your artistic vision, and create vibrant, evocative paintings. Each day, Mary provides hands-on guidance through live demonstrations, one-on-one instruction, thoughtful critiques, and inspiring plein air excursions across the breathtaking grounds of The Inn at Newport Ranch. 

Dates: October 18-23, 2025

To Register: 707-962-4818

Email: innkeeper@theinnatnewportranch.com

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Studio Incamminati's accredited Advanced Fine Art Program was founded in 2002 by one of the world’s premier portrait artists, Nelson Shanks (1937-2015). Nelson – “unsurpassed as a practitioner and teacher of traditional painting techniques” (D. Dodge Thompson, the National Gallery of Art) – drew upon his own education to design a curriculum for artists of all ages and abilities to access training that hones their eye, builds their expertise, and shapes a rewarding career in professional art. Utilizing charcoal “wipeout” techniques (for form and value), color study developed by Henry Hensche, and an emphasis on the figure as the central subject, Nelson’s original pupils are still training new painters in these methods at Studio Incamminati today.

If you or someone you know is interested in a career in art – or just wants to see how far they can take their work – feel free to reach out to schedule a meeting or tour.

Call 215-592-7910 ext. 2 or email  info@studioincamminati.edu.

To learn more about the program, visit https://studioincamminati.edu/advanced-fine-art-program/.

The works of ARC Living Master Richard Whitney, ARC Living Artist Sandy Sherman, and Dennis Morton will be on display and for sale. 

Prints, books, and cards will also be for sale. 

The studio is open on July 12 -13 from noon until 4 at 100 Chalet Dr, Stoddard, NH 03464.

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Between 1400 and 1800, Venice—an astonishing city built on hundreds of small islands off the coast of northeast Italy—stood at the crossroads of a vast trade network connecting Africa, Asia, and Europe. To maintain its status as an international emporium, with markets full of spices, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and other goods, Venice acquired overseas territories to its east and cultivated close ties with the Ottomans, whose empire became the wealthiest and most powerful in the Eastern Mediterranean after their conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and widespread expansion in the sixteenth century.

This ambitious cross-cultural exhibition about the Republic of Venice (697–1797) and the Ottoman Empire (ca. 1299–1922) explores a major chapter in world history. Featuring more than 150 works of art, the exhibition draws from the vast and varied collections of seven Venetian museums.

The exhibition is on view until September 1, 2025 at the Frist Art Museum, 919 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203.

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ARC Living Artist Robyn Asquini’s work blends figurative realism with expressive abstraction, weaving together fragmented figures with organic forms and textures. This series is especially personal since the subjects in the paintings are friends and fellow creatives. Each painting explores themes of solitude, transformation, and the connection between our inner and outer worlds.

The exhibition runs from June 26 – July 15, 2025 at the Cry Baby Gallery, 1468 Dundas St W, Toroto, ON M6J1Y6.

Gallery hours are 7pm-1am. Closed Tuesdays.

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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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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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