"The Second Velázquez Painting & Sculpture Competition" In addition to China, those who signed up for this competition include Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Italy, Portugal, Poland, Greece, Romania, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Russia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Bulgaria , Latvia, Iran, Bangladesh, Thailand, India, Philippines, Pakistan, Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Peru, Colombia, Uruguay, Panama, Argentina, Honduras, Morocco, Ecuador, Nigeria, South Africa, Australia and other more than 40 countries Artists, art college teachers and students, and art lovers, covering six continents: Asia, Europe, North and South America, Australia, and Africa; a total of 972 participants, with 2,356 entries (pieces), of which 193 were international artists. There are 569 works, accounting for a quarter of the total entries.
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☆16th ARC Salon Semi-Finalists： The Art Renewal Center is pleased to announce that we have posted our roster of semi-finalists competing in the 16th International ARC Salon Competition. We received over 5,400 entries this year from 75 countries. 40%, 2,152 works have been selected as semi-finalists. "the 16th ARC Salon" The roster consists of the artists' names, titles of works, categories the works qualified in, and the artists' nationalities. Another roster of our finalists will be posted on November 1st, 2022, and the images of all of our semi-finalists along with finalists, honorable mentions and winners will be posted on January 2nd, 2023, when we announce the final results of the competition. https://www.artrenewal.org/Salon/SemiFinalists