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The Laguna College of Art and Design, an ARC Approved™ atelier, is proud to present the 2017 BFA Fine Arts Exhibition, a group exhibition highlighting representational paintings, drawings and sc ...

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The winners for the June/July PleinAir Salon Competition, which is organized by PleinAir Magazine, have been revealed. The winners will receive cash prizes, plus all winners and category wi ...

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10 August, 2017

Mission San Buenaventura by Linda DuPasThe California Art Club, an ARC Allied Organization, is holding an exhibition of member works in the California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill - 1120 Old Mill ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Mary Pettis as our newest Living Master™."Mary Pettis divides her time equally between the studio and outdoors. Her decades of training and the experiences from hundred ...

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Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity explores Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s fascination with the representation of domestic life in antiquity. Born in the north of the Netherlands, the exhibition traces his ear ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Alain Amar as our newest ARC Living Artist™."A dreamlike and spiritual artist, he has a sincere and idealistic desire to offer through his artworks: peace, serenity, jo ...

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The ARC Approved™ London Atelier of Representational Art (LARA) is moving to a new London location: 371 Clapham Road, London, SW9 9BT. The new studio will open on the 2nd of October for full-tim ...

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The International Guild of Realism has secured a top-ranking art gallery in Carmel, California to host their 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, which will be held from September 23rd through October 23r ...

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Misty Sunrise, NantucketARC Associate Living Master™, Sergio Roffo, will be holding an exhibition of his recent works. The show begins on August 18, 2017 at the Quidley & Co. Gallery, located on ...

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1 August, 2017

The Art Renewal Center is now accepting entries to the 13th International ARC Salon Competition. This year we are introducing a 9th category dedicated to plein air painting, as well as a few new excit ...

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St. Jerome by Albrecht DurerFeaturing nearly 70 objects, this exhibition incorporates rarely-seen loans from major North American and European museums and works from Bowdoin College Museum of Art's ow ...

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Pastel portraiture flourished in 18th-century Europe owing to the medium's distinctive optical properties-its brilliant colors and warm glow. The powdery nature of pastel crayons allowed artists to ba ...

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Portrait of Princess Wilhelmina by Theresa SchwartzeThis lecture and book presentation marks the recent publication of the first English-language monograph on the Dutch artist Thérèse Schwartze, writt ...

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ARC Living Master™ Peter Fiore will be participating in the show "New York City Invitational".The exhibition runs from July 25-August 18, 2017 with the opening reception on Thursday, July 27, 20 ...

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ARC Living Master™ Daniel Greene will discuss his creative journey in art in addition to his evolution over a career that spans 65 years. Daniel Greene is one of America’s leading figure, portra ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19th ...

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19 July, 2017

ARC Living Master™, Joshua LaRock, has recently created an instructional video on Kickstarter featuring his painting "Laura in Black" which won a Purchase Award in the 12th International ARC Sa ...

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ARC Living Artist™, Clark Gussin, has recently won "Best of Show" for his painting "Block, Tackle, and Defend" in the Greater Bay Area Open Juried Show. The show is taking place at the New Museu ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Leszek Piotrowski (Lesstro) as an ARC Associate Living Master™. Spices of Arabia by Leszek PiotrowskiThe technique and subjects of Lesstro's paintings and drawings are ...

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14 July, 2017

ARC Living Master Thomas Kegler has recently released an instructional dvd titled "Painting Niagra".In this all-new video release, Thomas gives you a rare behind-the-scenes look into his technical pro ...

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Painting by Alessandro DupreThe student gallery on the Florence Academy of Art website has recently been updates with the Best Student Artworks of 2016-2017.To view all of the student artwork produce ...

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The California Arts Club, an ARC Allied Organization, will unveil more than 60 works of art that showcase captivating imagery of California’s diverse topography.Golden State Splendor will be on view a ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 1 ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Michelle Jung as an ARC Associate Living Master™! Rocks and Foam by Michelle Jung"Nature is a major influence in my work. The initial inspiration comes from my experience out ...

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"La Signorina" is an exhibition that focuses on Signorina Nerina Simi, who was a very important teacher in Florence 1923-1987. The work of 20 former Simi students including ARC Living Master Joke Frim ...

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Huntsman and Dogs by Winslow HomerWild Spaces, Open Seasons: Hunting and Fishing in American Art celebrates artists’ captivation with hunting and fishing. The exhibition encompasses a wide variety of ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Wang Kun as our newest ARC Living Master™."In terms of character expression, I am more likely to focus on depicting Chinese women. They are dignified and beautiful with uniqu ...

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Celebrating 200 years since his birth, England's Michelangelo explores G. F. Watts career as a painter, social activist and philanthropist. At the heart of the show are Watts's most ambitious allegori ...

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ARC Living Master™ Peter Fiore is holding a solo exhibition entitled "Pine Variations" at the Delaware Valley Arts Center’s Alliance Gallery located on 37 Main Street, Narrowsburg, NY 12764.The ...

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1st Place - $1,000 Prize Esker Park Weymouth by Vincent Crotty The winners of the PleinAir Salon bi-monthly competition, which is organized by PleinAir Magazine, have been announced. The winners wil ...

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In celebration of the 10th anniversary of its dedication, the Kenneth Jay Lane Gallery is the setting for 26 paintings that have been promised or given to The Met by Mr. Lane. The European artists rep ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 1 ...

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20 June, 2017

IX Arts, an ARC allied organization, has launched the IX Gallery, the first online-only gallery dedicated exclusively to contemporary imaginative realism. IX Gallery’s Inaugural Show, featuring more t ...

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Alphonse Mucha: In Quest of Beauty is a major touring exhibition from the Mucha Foundation which explores the work of the artist around the theme of beauty – the core principle underlying his artis ...

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ARC Living Master™ Julie Bell was interviewed recently by PoetsArtists Magazine. The article, titled "Crossing Boundaries with Julie Bell", examines Julie's success in multiple genres of art and the ...

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During his visit to the United Sates in 1815, Joseph Bonaparte, elder brother of Napoleon, put on public view his collection of eighteenth-century French paintings. The works caused a sensation, an ...

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The prints featured in the exhibition show Goya's remarkable ability to move between documentary realism and expressive invention. This exhibition also highlights how Goya pushed the limits of printm ...

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The exhibition, the largest and most important display of Botticelli’s works in the United States, features 24 paintings.Sandro Botticelli exemplifies the artistic achievement of Renaissance Floren ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19t ...

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8 June, 2017

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum located on 1700 NE 63rd St, Oklahoma City, OK 73111 hosts its annual exhibition of more than 300 paintings and sculpture by some of the finest contemp ...

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The upcoming issue of PoetsArtists and the accompanying exhibition at the Zhou B Art Center in Chicago seeks the work of artists and writers, regardless of gender, in the depiction of the eternal fem ...

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All in a Day's Work by Sammy Watson The Art Renewal Center is pleased to welcome Sammy Watson as an ARC Living Artist™.Sammy Watson has been inspired through the years by artists such as Norman Rock ...

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Two portraits by ARC Associate Living Master™ Svetlana Cameron are going on public display at the famous Bankside Gallery in hames Riverside, 48 Hopton Street, London. SE1 9JH from June 6-18, 2017.Th ...

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ARC Associate Living Master™ Vicki Sullivan has been selected as a finalist in the Lethbridge 10,000 Small Scale art competition. Her drawing, "Laktisma" will be on display at the Lethbridge Galle ...

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The artists and alumni of Studio Incamminati are holding their annual exhibition and sale featuring more than 30 works of art.All proceeds benefit the Studio Incamminati scholarship fund, helping the ...

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Fine Art Connoisseur is featuring the ARC Salon and exhibition in the June 2017 issue of their magazine.The image featured on the cover, "Kick Kennedy" by Christopher Pugliese, was the winner of the ...

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26 May, 2017

The Da Vinci Initiative along with the Art Renewal Center hosted its first ever Atelier Art Education Day on May 19, 2017 at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. This event included free entrance to ...

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This exhibition celebrates the unique visions of 27 contemporary realists from around the world. The exhibited works display a cross-section of styles, many representing the world’s foremost art aca ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19t ...

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ARC Living Master™ He Lihaui has recently won an award of excellence from the Portrait Society of America. He will also be exhibiting work in an international art exhibition titled "Personal S ...

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Brandon Kralik has written a review of the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition in the Huffington Post titled "Telling Stories, the ARC Salon Exhibition 2017"."In this exhibition of professionals, ...

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Petite Bergere by William BouguereauThe preview for Sotheby’s May 24, 2017 New York auction of European Art is open today, May 20 and runs through Tuesday, May 23, 2017.This is an incredible opportu ...

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ARC is pleased to welcome Elizabeth Barden as our newest ARC Associate Living Master™!Elizabeth Barden is a fine artist with an established studio practice. Her work is in several collections includin ...

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The Whale Watcher by Duffy SheridanThe 12th International Live ARC Salon was recently reviewed in an article by Victoria Selbach on the PoetsArtists website."It’s quite an ambitious undertaking to d ...

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This group exhibition features portraits, figures, casts, still lifes and landscapes by over 45 artists training in the core program at GCA and highlights works by several graduates.The exhibition tak ...

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Clos Vougeut by Gayle MadeiraARC is pleased to welcome Gayle Madeira as an ARC Living Artist™.Gayle Madeira is an award-winning artist, dancer and choreographer based in New York City. She receive ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19t ...

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Oil Painters of America, an ARC Allied Organization™, is pleased to announce their 2017 National Exhibition and Convention. An opening reception will be held at the gallery for artists, co ...

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The South African Portrait Society, an ARC Allied Organization™, has recently announced the winners of their 2017 Living Portrait Master Competition.The winning artists were selected out of a gr ...

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ARC Living Master™ Patricia Watwood was recently invited by the Fox 2 Morning News show to do a segment with St. Louis Anchor John Pertzborn. She recently painted a portrait of Father La ...

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The ARC Approved Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art is holding an exhibition of full-time student work. Enjoy and purchase prints, drawings, watercolors, oils, and sculptures of figurative, still life ...

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ARC Associate Living Master™, Doug Zider, will be displaying his painting "Sinking of the Golden Gate, 1862" in the Copley Society's juried show, "At Sea". The show will run from May 20 - J ...

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We will be accepting entries for the ARC Annual Scholarship Competition from May 1, 2017 through May 31, 2017 where the Art Renewal Center will once again give out $30,000 in scholarships to students ...

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ARC Associate Living Master Tom Kegler will be exhibiting his work, "Niagra Falls" at the Castellani Art Museum located at Niagara University, NY 14109 from Sunday May 7, 2017 until January of 2018. ...

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ARC Associate Living Master™ Jon Boe Paulsen's painting "Notorious" has been selected as a finalist in the Portrait Now! competition. The exhibit opens to the public on May 11th at The Museum of ...

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We are pleased to announce that Winter by Robert Liberace has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "The passing of seasons marks significant transformations, evoking endless ...

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We are pleased to announce that Happy Birthday, Tristesse by Dirk Dzimirsky has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."This artwork is not about a fun birthday party. I imagined w ...

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We are pleased to announce that Still Life: Flowers by Dmitry Sevryukov has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. Dmitry Sevryukov is an acknowledged Realist artist whose w ...

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We are pleased to announce that Ju Ju by Jeff Hein has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. This painting of Ju Ju is a portrait of the artist’s youngest apprentice at age 14. Ca ...

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We are pleased to announce that Neck and Neck by Anni Crouter has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “I often only include a singular subject in my work, bu ...

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This is the last chance to pre-order the 12th Annual ARC Salon catalogue. The catalogue will include images of all finalist works by all 640 artists.This book will also serve as our officia ...

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ARC Living Artist™ George Hartley is participating in two upcoming shows. "An Allegory of Faith" has been accepted into the Academic Artists Association's 67th Annual Nat'l exhibition of Traditi ...

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We are pleased to announce that XXII II MMVI by Kazua Torigoe has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition.XXII II MMVI is a play on the classical idea of trompe-l'oeil and is painted ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Transcendence by Kevin Moore has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “The Transcendence was originally shown at Rehs Contemporary Gallerie ...

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We are pleased to announce that Slumber by Tina Spratt has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "I wanted to create the feeling of a fleeting moment in time, when unaware of be ...

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We are pleased to announce that Envisage by Olena Babak has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “Winter is the time when I have a chance to spend days in the studio and work ...

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We are pleased to announce that Exodus by Michael C Hayes has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."The title of this painting, Exodus, implies both the leaving of an old place an ...

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We are pleased to announce that Patience, Cocoons Are Temporary by Laura Pritchett has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "Patience, Cocoons Are Temporary, was an exercise ...

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We are pleased to announce that Perched by Lorena Pugh has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “Like so many artists before me, I relish painting the womanly pear. It is also ...

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The National Museum, Sweden's largest and most distinguished art institution, is partnering with the Morgan Library & Museum - 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 to bring more than seventy-five ...

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We are pleased to announce that Life No. 1: Dust Impressions by Hongzheng Wang has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "Selecting a woman, a fish and a burning candle as element ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Coming Rain by David Santillanes has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."This painting began as a plein air study on a sunny afternoon by Cry ...

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We are pleased to announce that Reflection by Matthew Bober has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "I designed this painting around the idea of setting up a still life in w ...

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Twenty-eight artists, including ARC Living Master Dan Thompson, will be featured in this show of silverpoint artworks which will take place at Marbury, NYC - 26 Gramercy Park South, Suite 9G, New Yor ...

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We are pleased to announce that Indian Peahen by Grace Kim has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "I chose to paint the head of the Indian Peahen to draw attention to a bird ...

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We are pleased to announce that Crimson Ribbon by Heather Theurer has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition.“As the years have passed and I’ve experienced more of life, I’ve discov ...

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We are pleased to announce that I Am My Word by Nik Anikis Skusek has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “I Am My Word is a still life painted in honor of all brave fireman ...

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The Da Vinci Initiative is proud to introduce a new online Bargue Drawing course titled Charles Bargue in the 21st Century. This course takes you from start to finish in creating a drawing from a 19t ...

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We are pleased to announce that Annunciation by Ken Salaz has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. “I approached this landscape painting not in terms of a mirror reflection of th ...

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We are pleased to announce that The Whale Watcher by Duffy Sheridan has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition.“My wife and I have been living in Kauai for a few years now and in th ...

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Self Portrait with St. Jerome by Colleen BarryCurated by artist Colleen Barry, SELF-PORTRAIT convenes 27 leaders of the contemporary realist revival for a painting and drawing show that celebrates s ...

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We are pleased to announce that the DVI Award for the Young Aspiring Artist winner, Perception of Self, painted by 15 year old Ray Wanda Totanes, has been purchased by the Art Renewal Center and added ...

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We are pleased to announce that Non Fiction by Casey Childs has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."I think every person who has a love for the literary world can relate to this ...

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We are pleased to announce that Sword in Hand, Greed of Command by Bruno Galuzzi Corsini has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."Sword in Hand, Greed of Command was inspired by ...

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We are pleased to announce that Ara Martis by Bruno Vepkhvadze has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."The composition Ara Martis (Altar of Mars) is an allegory of rebirth of ...

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Skajs Antikhandel, located at Nybrogatan 3, 114 34 Stockholm, Sweden, is proud to host its third exhibition of works by ARC Associated Living Master™, Urban Larsson. This exhibition runs from April 2 ...

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We are pleased to announce that Laundry by Jeffrey T. Larson has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."Laundry is the latest in a long series of thematically based paintings. Th ...

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We are pleased to announce that Under Heaven by Taffari Crawford has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition. "The image is composed of a pair of black, male hands performing the 'b ...

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Click image to view larger. The ARC Approved™ Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy is holding their triennial Student-Instructor Exhibition from April 28 – 30, 2017.The exhibition of paintings and ...

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We are pleased to announce that Bather by Joshua LaRock has been added to the 12th International ARC Salon Exhibition."Little else is as beautiful as natural light revealing the female form, Bather, i ...

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