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ARTDATAintel 2022 ARC Scholarships Announced Published on 27 June, 2022

As part of their commitment to art, our allied organization ARTDATAintel, scouts, curates, coaches and sponsors -every year- a few talented artists from around the world to compete for the first time in the International ARC Salon Competition.

This year’s ARTDATAintel Scholarship winners include artists from Oviedo, Spain; Barcelona, Spain and yes! … a young artist from Odessa, Ukraine.

To see all the artists and the art they will be submitting to the 16th ARC Salon, please visit (ARTDATAintel).

Boldini - Pleasures and Days Published on 24 June, 2022

Born in Ferrara, Italy in 1842, Boldini spent most of his career in Paris. He was a close friend of Degas and also of Proust, and moved in aristocratic and upper middle-class circles. During his lifetime, he enjoyed considerable success, becoming the favorite portraitist of a rich, international clientele. In Paris, the fashion capital of the world, he had no equal when it came to portraying princesses and rich heiresses – always wearing the most beautiful dresses. His inimitable style, which was modern but at odds with the avant-garde, has made his works captivating and moving testimonies of that lost era in Paris.
This retrospective at Petit Palais, Av. Winston Churchill, Paris, France running until July 24, 2022 is an opportunity for visitors to discover or to renew acquaintance with Boldini, a virtuoso painter and figure on the social, artistic and literary scene of Belle Époque Paris.

To learn more, click here.

To see more events and exhibitions, visit the ARC Calendar.

Writing for the Visual Arts - Florence Academy of Art Published on 23 June, 2022

September 26 - December 9
Taught remotely from the Florence campus

November 28 - December 9
In-person option in Florence

If you would like to write with mastery about figurative art, or simply further your knowledge of art history and the history of literature about art, this course will survey figurative art throughout the ages, while examining the techniques that literature has historically used to write about art.

Starting with the Ancient Greeks and Romans, progressing on to the Medieval period, the arrival of Humanism, the rediscovery of Classical forms, the establishment of the Academies during the Renaissance, and the role of the Academies through the Early Modern period, you will learn to analyze select works by their medium, composition, subject matter, and patronage, and to place them within the greater context of the long tradition of figurative art. By studying the rhetorical techniques that literature has historically used in writing about art, you will develop your writing skills through short weekly exercises, moving step-by-step from literary strategies to the organization and construction of a solid expository essay by the end of the course.

In-person Option: Students may experience the Florence Academy from within to understand how students train to become figurative painters and sculptors, while also touring the main museums, galleries, and churches of Florence, during the final 2 weeks of class.

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REGISTRATION OPEN - www.florenceacademyofart.com

Congratulations to Louis Alvarez Roure Published on 22 June, 2022

Congratulations to ARC Living Master Louis Alvarez Roure for winning the William F. Draper Grand Prize and People’s Choice Award at the 24th Portrait Society of America’s

International Portrait Competition for his painting "Masquerade".

The awards were presented to the 20 finalists during the awards banquet gala at The Art of the Portrait Conference in Atlanta, GA on April 23, 2022.

To learn more click here. 

To view Louis Alvarez Roure's gallery on ARC, click here. 

Albert Edelfelt - Lights of Finland Published on 21 June, 2022

This new exhibition, organized with the Ateneum Art Museum of Helsinki, is dedicated to Albert Edelfelt, one of the stars of Finnish painting. Some 100 works retrace his career and illustrate how the artist greatly contributed to the recognition of a Finnish art in the late 19th century.

The exhibition runs at the Petit Palais, Av. Winston Churchill, Paris France from March 10 - July 10, 2022.

To learn more, click here. 

Visit the ARC Calendar for more events and exhibitions.