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The Heartbeat of Nature Published on 5 August, 2022

This exhibition explores the importance of nature in Catalan art. With a focus on the 19th century Romantic Movement which was spreading throughout Europe at that time, a selection of about 80 works, mainly drawings, complemented by a group of paintings and material from artists' albums will be on display.

The exhibition takes place at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain and runs from May 20 - September 11, 2022.

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Turner - Light is Color Published on 4 August, 2022

For the English Romantic painter, watercolorist and printmaker, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), the elements of nature are abstract forces, with their own symbolism and meaning. This exhibition explores his fascination with meteorological and atmospheric phenomena, from the beginnings of his work in the 1790s to the late 1840s.

The exhibition is located at Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Palau Nacional, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain and runs from May 20 - September 11, 2022.

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Vive le Pastel! Pastel Painting from Vivien to La Tour Published on 3 August, 2022

Pastels enjoyed considerable popularity in the 18th century when many works were created, especially in France. But what are the reasons behind the technique’s blossom at the time, what advantages did pastels have over oil paintings, who had their portraits painted in pastel – and how exactly were pastels created?

The focus is on the collections’ own holdings, in which such important names as Joseph Vivien, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Rosalba Carriera and Jean-Étienne Liotard are represented with individual works. In addition, some rarely displayed works by anonymous artists, as well as a few selected loans will also be exhibited. This unique combination of works makes it possible to compare artists and their approaches and invites visitors to discover the variety of different effects realized in these works.

The exhibition runs from May 5 - October 23, 2022 at the Alte Pinakothek, 27 Barer Str., Munich 80799, Germany.

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Debra Keirce News Published on 2 August, 2022

ARC Associate Living Master Debra Keirce won Best in Show for her painting "Nurdles and Ghost Nets and Flotsam" (Clean Up in Hawaii) in the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program.

Thirty-eight works by 27 artists of the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) will be on view at Federal Hall National Memorial, 26 Wall Street, New York, NY, United States, New York, from July 19 through September 12, 2022. These works vividly bring to life the myriad missions performed by the U.S. Coast Guard. Subjects, to name but a few, include dramatic search and rescues, marine environmental protection, patrols and homeland security missions and grueling training exercises that make the Coast Guard Semper Paratus—Always Ready.

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ModPortrait 2021 - Award Winning Works Published on 29 July, 2022

An exhibition of the winning works in ModPortrait will be on view at the MEAM, 5 Carrer de la Barra de Ferro, Barcelona 08003, Spain from July 1 - September 22, 2022.

ModPortrait is the international modern portrait competition organized by the Artelibre Gallery in collaboration with the MEAM and the Arts and Artists Foundation.

The painter Wim Heldens has won the first prize with the work "Jajja" (Grandmother). ARC Associate Living Master Arina Gordienko won Honorable Mention in painting for "The Vanished Summer". ARC Associate Living Masters Narelle Zeller, Kazuya Ushioda, Jaq Grantford, and Gayle Madeira were finalists in the competition.

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