Call for Entries - ING Discerning Eye 2021

Call for Entries

The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition is launching its 2021 edition – now calling for entries and preparing to return to the Mall Galleries in London this Autumn. 

The open exhibition gives artists the opportunity to show their work in central London and win a range of prizes, including the ING Purchase Prize worth £5,000, as well as specific medium and regional awards, totalling £12,000.

Online submissions will be open via a dedicated portal until Tuesday 7 September 2021.The exhibition is scheduled to open at the Mall Galleries on 11 November 2021 with a prize giving and will run until 21 November 2021. All shortlisted works will be included in a fully illustrated print catalogue and an online exhibition, with commentary and introductions by the selectors. 

This year’s selectors:

Anna Brady: Anna Brady is Art Market Editor at The Art Newspaper. 

Adelaide Damoah: British-Ghanaian multidisciplinary artist.

Peter Brown: Bath-based artist.

Roland Cowan: Roland Cowan is an architect, contemporary art collector and trustee of Outset Contemporary Art Fund.

Russell Tovey: actor, author and playwright and host of the Talk Art podcast with the gallerist Robert Diament since 2018.

Tony Humphreys: CEO of the Discerning Eye from 2000 to 2021. 

The only limit for artworks is their size: a maximum of 20 inches (50cm) including frame. All styles and mediums are welcome – including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, film, textile, and more.

Key facts: 

Call for entries: 21 May 2021 – 7 September 2021

Exhibition: 11 – 21 November 2021 at Mall Galleries + online

Entry fee: £10 per work

Entry portal: https://thediscerningeye.artopps.co.uk/