Ruth Fitton, The Abduction of Time, oil on linen, 36 x 48". The 16th Annual International ARC Salon Exhibition.

ARC Salon Updates
The Art Renewal Center is mixing it up with its annual ARC Salon, now in its 17th year. The organization is accepting entries beginning March 1 and will be publishing the results in January of 2025. After that, the 18th annual ARC Salon will begin again on March 1, 2025, subsequently publishing awards in January 2026. ARC will then be holding a joint exhibition of the best works from both the 17th and 18th salons as one combined show at Sotheby’s New York in July 2026 at their new headquarters on Madison Avenue.

Marina Vargas, Intra-Venus, 2019-21, Carrara marble, 77½ x 26¾ x 26". Courtesy the artist. Photo by Oak Taylor-Smith.

New Worlds
One of the first major exhibitions to follow NMWA’s reopening after renovation, New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024 features works by 28 visionary women artists. This is the seventh and largest installment of the museum’s Women to Watch exhibition series, which is presented every three years, and is a dynamic collaboration between the museum and its network of outreach committees. On view from April 14 to August 11, the exhibition gives visitors the opportunity to explore the museum’s renewed spaces after a long period of renovations.

The 2023 showroom.

Spectrum and Red Dot
Spectrum Miami and Red Dot Miami celebrated an international showcase in classic, contemporary and fine art during Miami Art Week at Mana Wynwood Convention Center this past December 6 to 10. The five-day international presentation was a major success throughout the art world. The Opening Night Preview saw thousands of the world’s most affluent art dealers, collectors, artists, gallery owners and curators with works by the more than 1,000 artists showcased by over 280 exhibitors from 27 countries around the world. “This year’s fairs were a real testament to how resilient and strong the art world has been,” says Eric Smith, president of Redwood Art Group.

America Martin, Two Friends & A Bee, oil and acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48"

Colorito
On view this spring, JoAnne Artman Gallery is hosting the exhibition COLORITO, featuring new works by Colombian-American artist America Martin, who currently resides in Los Angeles. “A term usually applied to 16th-century Venetian painting where color is employed in a dominant manner, colorito, or ‘coloring’ was deemed fundamental to conceiving painted images charged with the look of life,” the gallery notes. “America Martin’s modern interpretation includes not only judicious color application, but the vitality and vigor of the world around her as she continues her unmistakable aesthetic sensibility.”

Carl Patow, Refreshed and restored, a new truth is revealed, photograph, 2023, 16 x 16"

Carl Patow Solo Show
Richmond, Virginia-based photographer Carl Patow creates abstract, eccentric imagery through the process of meticulously layering digital photographs. The artist’s work often reflects important contemporary social issues like the environment, inequity and the challenges of today’s youth. An exhibition of recent works by Patow titled Do We Have the Courage? will be taking place at Artspace Gallery in Richmond from February 23 through March 16. Patow’s work has been shown at numerous local venues including 1708 Gallery InLight, the VCU Anderson Gallery, the Richmond Main Public Library, the Virginia Science Museum and more. —