DAVID NEWREN
Arte Divine CEO and Founder

David Newren’s business career has spanned real estate, telecommunications, construction and art, though by the age of 32, he dropped everything to completely devote his energies to the art world. In 1991, Newren opened Gallery One in San Diego, generating in excess of $10 million in revenue, while also serving the community through sponsorship of educational programs for artists and the homeless.

In 2001, Newren obtained license rights through the Vatican for the production of a bust of the Madonna, taken from Michelangelo’s Pietá. Over the course of the next several years, he produced and sold bust editions in bronze, silver and acrylic. Since that time, the approximate value of each of the bronze busts alone has increased from $15,000 to $80,000.

In 2006, Newren’s company, New Renaissance Art Corp. an affiliate of MEI, received an exclusive contract, involving rights from the Casa Bounarroti Museum (Michelangleo Museum), Florence, Italy, to cast the works of Michelangelo’s Bounarroti.

With his knowledge of the Art World, and in recognition of its growing demand for brand names and limited edition items, Newren began developing the plan for The Michelangelo Immersive Experience Exhibit. He obtained the Authorization from both Casa Buonarroti and the Vatican of his Limited Edition, Full-Scale Castings of all of Michelangelo’s Sculptures, and preceded assembling all necessary elements that lend to producing a successful Immersive Exhibition, a process that is currently underway.