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The Figure Society was founded on January 1, 2025, by ARC Living Master Shane Wolf. Given that no artistic organization exists that focuses solely on this long-standing artform, The Figure Society fir ...

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Learn how to create reference images for your artwork in a creative and fun atmosphere! This Halloween, get ready to become your own director. We invite you to dress up to participate in original scen ...

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For this exhibition, five teenagers from public high schools in the Boston area collaborated with the MFA’s Center for Netherlandish Art (CNA) to explore death and decay. The works on view c ...

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During the 19th century, advancements in industry, science, and technology changed how people thought about and dealt with death. In response, some European artists reimagined a motif known as the dan ...

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January 5 – July 24, 2026​ ​This course is perfect for aspiring artists who are time-constrained or on a budget but still wish to receive high-quality training in classical painting and constructive d ...

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Symbolism is among the most complex art movements to define. Although it followed on the heels of Impressionism, whose imagery was accessible and bright, Symbolism’s dark and mysterious vocabulary is ...

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14 October, 2025

Considered the father of the French School, revered for breathing new life into painting, David produced imagery that to this day inhabits the collective imagination. From The Death of Marat  ...

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This week marks the release of John Hafen: Utah’s Poet Painter, a comprehensive biography of the celebrated Utah artist written by father-daughter art historians, Vern G. Swanson and Angela Swanson Jo ...

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The Museo MEAM presents one of the most anticipated events in the international art calendar: Figurativas 2025, the exhibition resulting from the international competition of figurative painting ...

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7 October, 2025

The Golden State features artwork from 27 juried artists of the California Art Club. The exhibition offers viewers a journey through California’s varied environs and cultural monuments, highlight ...

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2 October, 2025

This fall, Gallery 1261 revisits the extraordinary terrain of high-definition realism with Tight 2, a follow-up to the landmark exhibition curated by Anthony Waichulis. The artists selected for this s ...

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The Kimbell welcomes Caravaggio’s monumental canvas Judith Beheading Holofernes, on loan from the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome. Soon after moving to Rome around 1595 ...

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30 September, 2025

Echoes of Yosemite brings together the majestic vision of Yosemite through two lenses: the classic landscapes of 19th century master William Keith (1838-1911) and the vibrant interpretations of c ...

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26 September, 2025

John Singer Sargent was the most famous American artist of his generation and certainly one of the greatest painters of the 19th and early 20th century. Revered in the United States, he is also famous ...

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25 September, 2025

The American Tonalist Society is presenting a painting exhibition in which reverence for nature is manifest in limitless and lovely shades and majestic glory. This exhibition features the ATS Signatur ...

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The Grand Tour – Destination Italy takes viewers back to the 17th and 18th century, when young British aristocrats would set out on a multi-year educational journey across Europe upon completion ...

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Experience outstanding submissions by contemporary artists from across the nation and around the world in the 112th Annual Exhibition of the Allied Artists of America. Approximately 100 selected works ...

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The Art Renewal Center is pleased to announce that we have posted our roster of semi-finalists competing in the 18th International ARC Salon Competition. Approximately 40%, 1,326 works have been ...

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11 September, 2025

The 2025 ARC Scholarship Competition results have been posted! For 24 years now, the ARC Scholarship Fund has awarded scholarships to some of the most talented emerging realist artists in the world an ...

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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 ...

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11 September, 2025

In keeping with its public art and allied resiliency programing, NYAE and Equity Gallery present NYC Watershed Art Project, a group exhibition comprising new oil paintings and maps depicting the pictu ...

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9 September, 2025

The roster of semi-finalists for the 18th ARC Salon will be posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2025. Please be sure to visit the ARC website to see the results! ...

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ARC Living Master Ana Schmidt has been awarded first place at The International FiKVA Award for painters 2025 and the Boynes Monthly Art Award for July 2025  for her painting “In Search of the Lo ...

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The results for the 25th ARC Scholarship competition will be posted on Friday, September 12, 2025.  The Art Renewal Center will award $30,000 to talented students attending ARC Approved® schools ...

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29 August, 2025

ARC Living Master Joke Frima is holding an open house at Place St Christophe 22, Chateau Chinon, France from August 29 - 31, 2025. The open house days will coincide with the last days of the Académie ...

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