The jury of the BCRA National Painting Award has selected 51 works for the finals.
The XIII edition has gathered more than a thousand artists. More than three thousand works from all over the country were received through the online form, reinforcing the federal significance of the contest.
The works have been meticulously selected by Adriana Lauría, Claudio Iglesias, Marina de Caro, Roberto Echen, and Tomás Espina, with Rodrigo Alonso as curator:
This time, only award winners will be asked to send the physical works for reasons of public knowledge.
The thirteenth edition of the BCRA Painting Award includes two categories: artists older than 35 years of age, and artists younger than 35 years of age.
Within the framework of the 85th anniversary of the BCRA, this edition flags its institutional commitment on economic development with social equality. More than nine thousand artists participated in all twelve editions, and the federal spirit of the Painting Award is highlighted by the itinerant exhibition of the winning collection, which has already travelled across nearly all the provinces in our country.
With this initiative, the BCRA has acquired more than 100 works for the BCRA Collection, which includes original works by Clorindo Testa, Carlos Alonso, León Ferrari, Gyula Kosice, Julio Le Parc, Liliana Porter, Alejandro Puente, Luis Felipe Noé, Marcia Schvartz, Luis Tomasello, Margarita Paksa, and Josefina Robirosa, among other artists. This collection, which is part of Argentina’s artistic heritage, stands for our culture and identity.
