On July 24th, at Sotheby’s NY, the Art Renewal Center’s 15th ARC Salon Exhibition hosted Fashion Week San Diego’s “Art and Beauty Behind Fashion” event, where nine FWSD designers debuted 9 couture outfits and looks inspired by nine award winning works from the ARC Salon Competition. Check out this video to meet the incredible Designer/Artist teams and pick your favorite to vote for! You can still vote for your favorite teams at fashionweeksd.com/vote until July 31st!

This exhibition explores how, both as an artist and an individual, Henry Scott Tuke navigated the shifting social, artistic and sexual dynamics of late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. Tackling questions of training, art practice and a varied reception history, the exhibition brings together some of Tuke’s most significant works.

The exhibition runs from June 7 - September 12, 2021 at the Watts Gallery, Down Lane Compton, Surrey, GU3 1DQ, UK.

To learn more about this exhibition, please click here. 

For more events, please visit the ARC calendar.

We are excited to announce that 21 out of 28 lots have sold in the groundbreaking online auction, Contemporary Realism: Important 21st Century Works, hosted on sothebys.com. These 21 works combined sold for a sales total of $442,300.

The 15th International ARC Salon Exhibition has now closed at Sotheby’s NY, but if you missed seeing the show, don’t worry! Come and join us at the Museum of European Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona, Spain this fall. The show will run from October 8th, 2021 – December 12th, 2021, where it will hang alongside the MEAM’s representational painting and sculpture competition, Figurativas. A joint award ceremony will be held on October 8th at the MEAM. This awe-inspiring international event will showcase the true international nature and collaborative spirit of this new wave in Contemporary Art. More announcements to come!

To view the auction results, click here.

To learn more about the 15th International ARC Salon Exhibition, click here.

A solo exhibition of ARC Living Master Mario Andres Robinson will be on display at the Paul R. Jones Museum, 2308 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 from May 7 - July 30, 2021.

Jones Museum director Daniel White said, “For this show, the artist himself selected the works, which range over the last 20 years. Mario has made a name for himself with his striking and restrained portraits. His work harkens back to a different era, while firmly seated in a contemporary approach.”

To learn more, click here. 

To see other events and exhibitions, visit the ARC calendar.

For anyone who missed the Grand Opening of the ARC Salon Exhibition, you can still look forward to attending the “Art and Beauty Behind Fashion” event, this coming Saturday, July 24th, from 6pm – 9pm at Sotheby’s NY, where nine Fashion Week San Diego (FWSD) designers will debut their original couture outfits and looks inspired by nine of the works from the ARC Salon Competition on live models. For the first time in the event’s history, all nine of the designers featured are female, including NALLA, My Generation, Bea Cruz PH, J2911, Moondust Concepts, L Label Loves Emvee Bikini, Outsiders Clothing, Eiona and Sierra Mitchell. Don’t miss this event! Please RSVP to:info@fashionweeksd.com

The 15th ARC Salon Exhibition is now open and on view to the public at Sotheby’s NY. Bids are now being accepted for the online auction, Contemporary Realism: Important 21st Century Works, hosted on Sothebys.com, including 28 lots from the Art Renewal Center’s (ARC) 15th International Salon Competition. Open for bidding online from Friday, July 16, until Monday, July 26, 2021, this sale features a carefully selected group of winners and high-ranking finalists from the largest competition in the world for Representational Art. This 501C3, non-profit educational foundation and leader of the revival of Realism in Contemporary Art, received 4,941 entries from 83 countries and spanning six continents. In person viewing will be available at Sotheby’s NY during these same dates in conjunction with the 15th International ARC Salon Exhibition; a total of 91 Contemporary Representational works to be on view. This is a diverse grouping of artists of different ethnicities, genders and backgrounds from around the world, including numerous important, influential, and inspiring artists working within the realist tradition. We anticipate this public sale hosted by Sotheby’s will be the first of many. Exhibition hours: Mon – Sat: 10am – 5pm, Sunday: 1pm – 5pm at Sotheby’s NY, 1334 York Avenue, New York City (between 71st and 72nd street).

The California Art Club will present its 110th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, one of the country’s most anticipated displays of contemporary-traditional fine art, at the Hilbert Museum of California Art at Chapman University, 167 N. Atchison Street, Orange, Calif. 92866 from July 10 to August 14, 2021.

With a rich history that spans more than a century, the exhibition, normally held in Los Angeles County, will be on view in Orange County for the first time.

The un-themed exhibition was juried by a distinguished panel of judges and will feature more than 160 representational paintings and sculptures that pay tribute to today’s Realist movement as well as California Impressionism, which was inspired by the pioneering artists who founded the organization in 1909. The 155 nationally renowned and up-and-coming artists use classical fine art techniques to create works that capture their personal experiences, interests, and environments. Subjects include contemplative landscapes and seascapes, evocative figures, intimate urban scenes, and novel still lifes.

To learn more, please click here. 

For more event and exhibitions, please visit the ARC Calendar.

The ARC Allied Organization American Artists Professional League is holding their first Studio Auction, taking place July 8 through 18, 2021. Over 50 artists are presenting works from their Studios for those interested in adding beauty to their daily lives.

The AAPL 2021 Studio Auction features original artwork directly from the studios of their members. The exceptional selection of artwork includes paintings, drawings and sculpture.

View the catalog and register to bid here.

Galerie d’Orsay is holding a new exhibition of works by ARC Living Master Ken Salaz, celebrating the serenity and sublime beauty of Walden Pond. The exhibition opens to the public on July 15th at 33 Newbury Street, Boston MA and will be on view through August 5th.  Artist reception on Saturday July 24th from 5 - 7pm. 

Ken Salaz’s landscape paintings show us a diverse flexibility of expression. Salaz believes the earth is a gift and this reverence for nature is deeply ingrained in his Native American heritage. His artistic background in traditional Old Master techniques combined with his strong spiritual connection with the land he paints lays the groundwork for a powerful poetic dualism. Salaz offers the viewer a way of experiencing Nature that is full of gratitude — the world around us is truly a place to rejoice. He shares his unique vision of Walden Pond in this summer collection, and it is irresistible in its sincerity.

“I feel it is imperative to the world and humanity today to create without apology artwork that strives toward harmony, truth, and beauty. To obtain this, I approach each canvas with the Heart of a Poet, the Mind of a Philosopher, the Hands of a Surgeon, and the Vision of an Eagle.”
– Ken Salaz

To learn more, click here.

For more events, please visit the ARC Calendar.

On July 1, Sugarlift will open the exhibition Flora Nova: Painting Nature Now, which features recent work by five gifted artists who each regard the natural world in a unique and compelling way. Guest curator Peter Trippi notes that Flora Nova offers "a thrilling snapshot of the possibilities being explored by artists who not only see but feel their fertile subject matter." On view at Sugarlift are ravishing beauty and the wondrous intricacy of botanical forms, but also glimpses of the inevitability of decay and nature’s propensity for enchantment, mystery, even danger.

The exhibition runs from July 1 - 31, 2021 at Sugarlift, 508 West 28th Street, New York, NY.

To learn more about this exhibitions, please click here. 

Visit the ARC Calendar for more events and exhibitions.

VMFA presents Virginia Arcadia: The Natural Bridge in American Art. Explore the artistic legacy of an iconic natural wonder. Depicted and celebrated for centuries, the Natural Bridge is the Shenandoah Valley’s breathtaking centerpiece—a towering, primeval witness to human history and timeless muse. The free exhibition examines its image in paintings, prints, decorative arts, photography and more. Featured artists include Frederic Church, David Johnson, Edward Hicks, and many others.

The exhibition runs from February 6 - August 1, 2021 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220.

For more information, please click here. 

To learn about more events, please visit the ARC Calendar.

Congratulations to ARC Living Master Jon Boe Paulsen for winning 1st Place - Overall Category for his painting "Dead Ringer" in Light Space & Time Gallery’s “555 Special” summer online group art exhibition.

2D and 3D artists from around the world were called upon to make online submissions. The gallery received 1,437 entries from 31 different countries from around the world, as well as from 37 different states and the District of Columbia.

The overall winning artist’s category consists of the 5 Best Entries received from the Painting & Other and the Photography & Digital media categories.

To view the exhibition, click here.

For more exhbition, please visit the ARC Calendar.

ARC is pleased to welcome the American Artists Professional League as a new Allied Organziation!

From its establishment in 1928, The American Artists Professional League (AAPL) has been a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of traditional realism in American fine art. Almost one hundred years later, the League continues to maintain its base in New York City, at the fabled Salmagundi Club on 5th Avenue. The AAPL is composed of a curated group of almost 500 member-artists across the country representing the finest of American Realism. The AAPL sponsors Member shows and their flagship Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club. New member applications are reviewed monthly.

To learn more, please click here. 

The ARC is pleased to present a groundbreaking, first ever, online auction for Important 21st Century Realism hosted at Sothebys.com, including 28 lots from the Art Renewal Center’s (ARC) 15th International Salon Competition. Open for bidding online from Friday, July 16, until Monday, July 26, 2021, this sale features a carefully selected group of winners and high-ranking finalists from the largest competition in the world for Representational Art. This 501C3, non-profit educational foundation and leader of the revival of Realism in Contemporary Art, received 4,941 entries from 83 countries and spanning six continents. In person viewing will be available at Sotheby’s NY during these same dates in conjunction with the 15th International ARC Salon Exhibition; a total of 91 Contemporary Representational works to be on view. This is a diverse grouping of artists of different ethnicities, genders and backgrounds from around the world, including numerous important, influential, and inspiring artists working within the realist tradition. Starting as only a murmur in the 1980’s, the 21st Century Representational Art Movement has grown exponentially along with interest and demand. We anticipate this public sale hosted by Sotheby’s will be the first of many.