Foundation for the Advancement of Art

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The Foundation for the Advancement of Art, founded in 2002 [1] by painter Michael Newberry, has as its stated purpose "to establish innovative representational painting and sculpture as the alternative to postmodern art in the world's leading contemporary art museums." The foundation hosts an annual lecture conference. The foundation's web site argues that although there are very many representational artists, they are under-represented and often discriminated against by contemporary art museums.

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  1. 1 2 "Foundation for the Advancement of Art". ArtDaily.org. November 2003. Retrieved 2014-11-04.