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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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97th Grand National Exhibition Call For Entries Published on 18 June, 2025

The American Artists Professional League (AAPL) is pleased to announce the 97th Grand National Exhibition. 

The competition offers over $20,000 in cash awards, plus valuable merchandise & publication awards. The in-person Exhibition and virtual show honors the finest realist painting, drawing and sculpture. The in-person Exhibition will take place at the Salmagundi Club, NYC from Nov. 18 – Dec. 5, 2025.

Entries to the competition will be accepted until the deadline of August 13, 2025.

Apply online via ShowSubmit.com or learn more at AAPLinc.org.

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ARC Salon Deadline Extended Published on 13 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.   

Academy of Fine Art Germany – Open House Published on 13 June, 2025

On Saturday, June 14, 2025, the state-recognized Academy of Fine Art Germany will open its doors in Bad Homburg. Interested parties will gain exclusive insights into an extraordinary training program that combines classic painting and sculpture techniques with contemporary career preparation.

Students, faculty, and the whole administration team is looking forward to welcoming you, chat and to answer any the questions you might have.

The Academy of Fine Art Germany Im Atzelnest 3, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.

To learn more, visit  https://academy-of-fine-art.com/open-day-2025/.

For more events and exhibitions, visit the ARC Calendar.

Last Day to Enter the ARC Salon Competition Published on 12 June, 2025

Offering over $130,000 in cash awards and career changing opportunities through partnerships with prestigious magazines, museums, galleries and more.  Don’t miss your chance to enter the 18th International ARC Salon Competition!

Categories include: Figurative, Portraiture, Imaginative Realism, Drawing, Landscape, Still Life, Plein Air Painting, Fully From Life, Sculpture, Animals, and a special category for teens.

All entries must be submitted by June 12, 2025 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time). 

Click here to enter.