Ars longa,
vita brevis

ARSOVENTUS is an educational project on the history of art: painting, architecture, styles and lives. Over 70 original films, a thousand stories and an annual open tournament.

Art is not an
exhibition but a habit
of looking.

70+
Original films
IV
Tournament seasons
Vyears
On air since 2021

We tell the history of art so that paintings stop being silent. Painting, architecture, sculpture — not museum hush, but a live conversation about how people have answered the same questions for centuries.

Every film, every close reading and every round of our tournament is built the same way: serious in substance, free in form. We do not simplify art — we remove the false complexity around it.

Everything we do is free and open. Because great art belongs to everyone willing to look.

What ARSOVENTUS

I

Education

Films, close readings of paintings, artists’ lives and unexpected facts — every day on our channels. Five years of continuous broadcasting: from medieval architecture to Art Nouveau.

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II

Tournament

An open annual contest in the history of art. Three rounds — from facts to an original project. No limits on age or education, with prizes from museums and schools.

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III

Academy

Courses, lectures and in-depth programmes about art — from a team that has spent five years making the difficult clear. We are preparing something that has not existed before.

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An open tournament
in the history of art

An annual online contest open to all. Three rounds, several weeks and one question: where do you stand in this conversation about culture? Season V opens in November MMXXVI.

ARSOVENTUS monogram
V · MMXXVI
ACADEMIA
Something remarkable is coming

We are building the ARSOVENTUS Academy — a place for deep knowledge of art. The first doors open soon.

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Our writing

The ARSOVENTUS journal
A scroll of stories about art

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