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Salmagundi Club New York Figurative Exhibition Published on 14 January, 2022

The Salmagundi Club is pleased to announce its 2022 open New York Figurative exhibition. This will be an exhibition of figurative work and the human form in all of its permutations: portraiture, clothed, nude; focusing on the human form and/or face.

Salmagundi welcomes ARC Living Master Max Ginsburg and Colleen Barry who will serve as the Jury of Awards with ARC Living Master Patricia Watwood as guest advisor. ARC Living Master Louis Alvarez Roure is among the exhibiting artists.

The exhibition runs from January 10 - 28, 2022 at the Salmagundi Club 47 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003.

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Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano Published on 12 January, 2022

Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano brings to life the Venetian glass revival of the late nineteenth century and the artistic experimentation the city inspired for visiting artists. It is the first comprehensive examination of American tourism, artmaking, and art collecting in Venice, revealing the glass furnaces and their new creative boom as a vibrant facet of the city's allure.

Sojourns in Venice were turning points for John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, and scores of artists who followed in their footsteps, often referencing the glass industry in their works. Featuring more than 140 objects, this exhibition presents a choice selection of glass vessels in conversation with paintings, watercolors, and prints by the many talented American artists who found inspiration in Venice.

The exhibition runs from October 8, 2021 - May 8, 2022 at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, 8th and G Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20004.

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Alphonse Mucha - Art Nouveau Visionary Published on 11 January, 2022

Czech-born Alphonse Mucha was one of the most celebrated artists in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. As an influential force behind the Art Nouveau movement, he created sumptuous posters and advertising—promoting such everyday products as cigarette papers and tea biscuits—that transformed the streets of Paris into open-air art exhibitions. "Alphonse Mucha: Art Nouveau Visionary" celebrates the Mucha Trust Collection’s first major U.S. tour in 20 years, featuring a vast array of posters, illustrations, ornamental objects, and rarely seen sculpture, photographs, and self-portraits. Additional works from the NCMA’s collection highlight the American interpretation of the European aesthetics that influenced Mucha as well as his close friendship with French sculptor Auguste Rodin.

The exhibition is being held at the North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC 27607 from October 23, 2021 - January 23, 2022.

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AAPL Associate Artist Member Show Published on 4 January, 2022

The ARC Allied Organization, American Artists Professional League, is holding a call for entries for their members only competition.

AAPL Associate Artist members are invited to enter one to three works of art of their choice (oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, graphics, other media, or sculpture). Artwork must be realist or representational.

Membership is open to all American and US based artists on a rolling basis and new Associate members are eligible to apply to this show before February 4th. Apply via email at: americanartistsproleague@gmail.com or through the website: www.AAPLinc.org

Submissions accepted: January 3rd - February 4th, 2022

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Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo Published on 30 December, 2021

Upon its completion in 1878, Jules Tavernier’s "Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California" was hailed in a San Francisco newspaper as “by far the most remarkable picture ever painted on the Pacific Coast.” The French-born artist’s painting now returns to California for the first time in more than 140 years as the central focus of the Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo exhibition at the de Young. The exhibition includes more than a dozen paintings, watercolors, prints, and photographs by Jules Tavernier (1844–1889) and puts forth a new interpretation of his career masterwork and his other compositions of the Western United States by offering a multiplicity of voices and perspectives, including those of Pomo cultural leaders and curators. Also on view are more than fifty historic and contemporary Pomo baskets and regalia pieces that celebrate the enduring artistry and resiliency of the Pomo artists over several generations and highlight their continued cultural presence in their homelands today.

The exhibition runs from December 18, 2021 - April 17, 2022 at the de Young Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., San Francisco, CA 94118.

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