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People's Choice Award Announcement Published on 26 January, 2023

Results for the People's Choice Award in the 16th International ARC Salon Competition are in! 12,626 votes were cast by 5,989 registered members. The winning work, Sister in the Maze of Flowers, by Sihua Liu, received 2550 votes. Please visit our People's Choice Award page to view the voting results. Any work receiving more then 50 votes has been listed in this section.

As our top winner, Sihua Liu will receive a $1,000 cash award and a full page in our International ARC Salon Book, International Realism.

Madrid Academy of Art Scholarship Published on 25 January, 2023

Applications for the Madrid Academy of Art (MAA) scholarship are now open!!

The MAA scholarship is open to all creative-minded individuals who are passionate about pursuing a career in art. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and levels of experience, from those just starting out to experienced professionals.

Applications will be accepted until the deadline of August 31, 2023.

Take the first step towards a successful career in the art world and apply now.

Bouguereau and His Circle: Then and Now Published on 24 January, 2023

Sotheby’s is pleased to present Bouguereau and His Circle: Then and Now, a celebration of works realized and inspired by William Bouguereau, one of the leading Academic painters of the late-19th century. In addition to masterworks by the artist, the auction also includes several portrait and compositional studies from the artist’s studio that are fresh to the market. 

These works are offered alongside paintings by Bouguereau’s students, chief among them his wife, Elizabeth Gardner Bouguereau, who during her 58-year career in Paris participated in thirty Salons with thirty-six works and was the only American woman to receive a medal, as well as contemporary artists working in the realist tradition across continents today, including Tina Garrett (American), Zachari Logan (Canadian), Katsu Nakajima (Japan), Kadir Nelson (American), Odd Nerdrum (Norwegian), Markus Schinwald (Austrian), and Han-Wu Shen (Chinese). 

This live auction will be held 26 January 2023•14:00 EST at Sotheby’s New York. The pre-sale is now open to the public.  

To view the full sale information and lots to be included, click here.  

Graphite Figure Drawing with Darren Kingsley Published on 24 January, 2023

The class will begin with short 1 day poses to learn the block in process. This will be followed by a long pose over the course of the class where students will go through the whole process from light-shadow block in, studies and application of anatomy and structure, basic large form studies and into finishing techniques at the end of the class.

Demos will be done at the beginning of class and Darren Kinglsey will be working alongside the class on the long poses as a longer formal demo as well as critiquing at student easels over the course of the night.

The class runs from February 21 - April 11, 2023 at Studio Incamminati, 1901 S. 9th Street, BOK, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA .

To learn more, please click here. 

Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art Published on 19 January, 2023

Denmark in the nineteenth century experienced the disastrous fallout of the Napoleonic Wars, the devastating bombardment of Copenhagen, bankruptcy, and mounting antagonism with Germany. Yet, this sociopolitical and economic tumult also gave rise to a vibrant cultural and philosophical environment for nineteenth-century Danish artists. Beyond the Light places the drawings, oil sketches, and paintings created by these artists firmly in this period, one that witnessed the transformation of a once-powerful Denmark into a small, somewhat marginalized country at the edge of Europe. Danish artists forged a close-knit community during this time, and the artworks they created explore notions of place, identity and belonging, and what it means to travel and return home.

The exhibition features approximately 100 works from The Met collection, SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark, and several American collections, and highlights such artists as Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Christen Købke, Constantin Hansen, Martinus Rørbye, and Vilhelm Hammershøi as well as lesser-known figures like Anton Melbye, Johan Thomas Lundbye, Peter Christian Skovgaard, and Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm, among others.

The exhibition runs from January 26 - April 14, 2023 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, NY, New York 10028.

For more information, click here.