The ING Discerning Eye 2024 Exhibition is currently on at the Mall Galleries in London and I visited last Friday.
Unlike other exhibitions, five days later there's nothing much which comes to mind when trying to recall it - apart from a few pieces which were standout ones for me. That's essentially because it is overloaded with small artworks but maybe something else as well.....
paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture in the ING Discerning Eye 2024 |
The exhibition is unique because of the way it is put together.
Six people - two artists, two critics and two art collectors - pick what they like best from the open entry and also get to exhibit artwork by artists they like.
The selectors this year are listed below - together with some views of their individual exhibits
You can also see the exhibition online - by selector. I'm putting the link underneath each pic of their exhibit below
Artists
- Adebanji Alade - current President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters; he also features regularly on the BBC’s The One Show
- Nina Murdoch - She trained at the Slade School of Fine Art (1989-93) and at the Royal Academy Schools (1993-96), and was the winner of the inaugural Threadneedle Prize (2008).
part of the exhibit by Adebanji Alade (134 artworks) https://ingdeexhibition.org/gallery/adebanji-alade/ |
part of the exhibit by Nina Murdoch (105 artworks) https://ingdeexhibition.org/gallery/nina-murdoch/ (who had the most difficult and fragmented space - next to the cafe) |
Critics
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Paul Carey-Kent - he has weekly column for FAD art news, does monthly interviews for Artlyst
and freelances for various art news publications. This is
his blog post about the exhibition and his chosen artworks
- Will Gompertz - an English journalist, author and art critic. He was the BBC's arts editor before becoming he Barbican Centre's Artistic Director in June 2021 and the director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum in 2024.
part of the exhibit by Paul Carey-Kent (119 artworks) in the North
Gallery https://ingdeexhibition.org/gallery/paul-carey-kent/ |
part of the exhibit by Will Gompertz (107 artworks) at the end of the
West Gallery https://ingdeexhibition.org/gallery/will-gompertz/ |
Collectors
- Carol Leonard - has been dubbed the ‘doyenne of boardroom head-hunters’ by the Financial Times.
- Gabrielle Blackman - one of the country's leading interior designers.
two walls of the exhibit by Carol Leonard (115 artworks) in the East
Gallery
https://ingdeexhibition.org/gallery/carol-leonard/ |
part of the exhibit by Gabrielle Blackman (124 artworks) https://ingdeexhibition.org/gallery/gabrielle-blackman/ |