Call For Artists
Summer Exhibition 2026
Submissions are open.
Exhibit in St. James’s, in the heart of London’s
most prestigious area for art galleries and collectors.
Opportunities include over £10,000 total in prizes.
Open to U.K. and International artists.
Entry (£14): Deadline May 5th.
To apply please click the button below.
Exhibition
This year’s exhibition will take place over two floors of beautiful gallery space in the heart of London’s most prestigious gallery district - St. James’s.
Exhibition dates: July 5th - 12th
Location: Gallery 8, 8 Duke Street St. James’s,
London, SW1Y 6BN
Learn more about Gallery 8
Important information
Accepted mediums: Painting, drawing, original prints, etching, mixed media and sculpture. (This does not include photography or digital art).
All styles welcome, open internationally to emerging and established artists.
Submission fee: £14 per artwork.
Up to 6 works may be submitted.
Discounted entry for multiple entries:
1st entry: £14, 2nd entry: £14, 3rd entry: £12, 4th entry: £12, 5th entry: £10, 6th entry: £10.Deadline for submissions: May 5th.
Notification dates:
Longlist announcement: May 20th.
Shortlist announcement: May 26th.
Prizes
Main cash prize - £3,000
Michael Harding Best Young Artist Prize
Michael Harding Watercolour Prize
Cass Art Award
Daler-Rowney Prize
The People’s Choice Award:
- The Venice Prize sponsored by Storied Watches: all inclusive painting trip to Venice worth £2,000.
- The Tuscany Prize sponsored by Rignana Estate: an immersive art retreat experience in the rolling hills of the Chianti region worth £2,250.
Click here for more information on both prizes.
Winifred Nicholson
Hampstead Art Society will be featuring works by the British artist (1893 - 1981) at our summer exhibition in St. James’s, July 5th-12th.
One of Britain's most significant 20th century artists - Winifred Nicholson's paintings have an understated power to captivate, with a painterly delight for surfaces that arrives at compositions that feel simultaneously intimate, tangible and poetic.
Her career found her in contact with a milieu of important British and European artists of her time, most notably in St. Ives and Paris, and her work continues to resonate with contemporary artists today.
Hampstead Art Society will also be organising a talk coinciding with the exhibition at Gallery 8 in Duke Street St. James’s (Further details forthcoming).
Images © the Winifred Nicholson Trust:
- Kate and Jake, Isle of Wight, 1932
- Father and Son (Ben and Jake Nicholson), 1927
‘We are run by artists, for artists. Our summer exhibition is curated with care, encouraging both emerging and established artists to exhibit work in the best possible location in London towards an international audience.‘
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