Mountain of new art by an academician (6)
I believe the answer is:
ararat
'mountain' is the definition.
(Turkish mountain)
'new art by an academician' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'an academician' becomes 'ara'.
'art' anagrammed gives 'rat'.
'rat' after 'ara' is 'ARARAT'.
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for ararat that I've seen before include "Mount (the Ark''s last resting place)" , "Rowing blades" , "Mount on which Noah's ark grounded" , "Final resting place of Noah's ark" , "Turkish Mount said to contain Noah's Ark" .)