Beginning July 14, the Art Renewal Center will host the 16th International ARC Salon Exhibitionat Sotheby’s in New York City. The exhibition represents the largest competition in the world for contemporary representational art; the competition received more than 5,400 entries from 75 countries. On display in New York will be 95 works from the competition, including numerous pieces that are by Western artists, depict the American West or highlight themes from the West.
Alexandra Klimas, Bill the Bull and His Cow, 2021, oil on canvas, 35¼ x 47”Award winners from the competition include Michael Davis’ hunting-themed still life The First to Get There, Alexandra Klimas’ cloud and cattle painting Bill the Bull and His Cow, John Cogan’s Grand Canyon work September – Afternoon Turns to Evening and Rob Alexander’s Albert Bierstadt-inspired landscape The Borderlands.Western Art Collector sponsored this year’s competition and awarded the Western Art Collector Award to Gregory Mortenson, who painted a magnificent piece titled The Wrangler.
Gregory Mortenson, The Wrangler, 2022, oil on canvas, 40 x 32”Mortenson was a guest on the American Art Collective podcast on January 24. The podcast is owned and produced by International Artist Publishing, which publishes Western Art Collector. Listen at this link.
“We feel really good about this year’s competition. With more than 5,400 entries, many of them surprisingly great, and more than 2,000 finalists and almost 50 jurors involved, the final winners are always a surprise at the very end,” says Kara Lysandra Ross, co-chair of the event. “For the exhibition, we go through the award winners and consider what’s available and what can be shown. We also like to show a variety of work from all the categories, as well as from different artists and different countries. This year we will also have an online auction featuring 60 lots that will be available to bidders.”
Michael Davis, The First to Get There, 2021, oil on board, 18 x 24”
John Cogan, September – Afternoon Turns to Evening, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36”
The exhibition opens July 14 and continues through July 24. The online auction will take place throughout those same dates. ARC has also partnered with Fashion Week San Diego for The Art and Beauty Behind Fashion, which will see designers paired with artwork to create original couture outfits inspired by the show. That event will take place July 22 in New York City. —
16th International ARC Salon Exhibition
July 14-24, 2023
Sotheby’s, 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021
www.artrenewal.org
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