There are two art exhibitions opening this week in London. I'm guessing both are being hung right now. You can find all relevant details below about:
- Contemporary British Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2025 - in Brixton
- Society of Women Artists Annual Exhibition 2025 - at the Mall Galleries
Which means, for this week only, for those needing a train ticket, you get
more than one exhibition worth visiting if you visit between Thursday and
Saturday!
Contemporary British Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2025
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| All the artists at the Private View last year |
Anybody who iswould do well to visit the latest exhibition of the artist collective known as the Contemporary British Portrait Painters.
- EITHER aspiring to either become a contemporary portrait painter
- OR wanting to commission a contemporary portrait from one of the leading portrait painters in the UK
What I said last year after visiting the exhibition
Their exhibition space is actually very spacious and allows for a good
hang.
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The Department Store, 248 Ferndale Road, Brixton (you just have to get round all the parked bikes!) |
Details are as follows:
- Venue: Downstairs at The Department Store, 248 Ferndale Road, Brixton, London SW9 8FR. The nearest station is Brixton (on the Victoria Line)
- Exhibition runs: Thursday 26th June - Thursday 5th 5 July,
- Hours: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Admission: FREE no booking required.
It's also one of the more co-operative and relaxed exhibitions. It's got many
of the artists I see on a regular basis each year - either at the Royal
Society of Portrait Painters or the Portrait Award at the National Gallery or
on television in Portrait Artist of the Year. By which I mean, this is an
excellent exhibition.
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| Five winners of Portrait Artist of the Year at the CBPP Exhibition in 2024 |
My previous posts are:
- Contemporary British Portrait Painters - Biennial Exhibition 2024
- Contemporary British Portrait Painters 2022 Exhibition in Brixton
Society of Women Artists 164th Annual Open Exhibition
The annual exhibition of the Society of Women Artists is an International Open Exhibition and invites submissions from women artists around the world. An annual exhibition has been held every year except for 1941 to 1946 (due to the Second World War) and 2020-2021 (when Online Exhibitions were held due to the global pandemic)
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| View of the exhibition in the West Gallery in 2024 |
The annual exhibition is at the Mall Galleries but this year is for a shorter period.
Details are a little bit complicated and are summarised below as follows:
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Venue: Mall Galleries, (West, East and North Galleries)
The Mall, London - Exhibition runs: Tuesday 14th June - Saturday 28th June 2025
- Hours:
- Tuesday 24th June 3pm - 5pm - open to the public (followed by Young People's Art Initiative evening)
- Wednesday 10am – 3pm - SWA Exhibition Awards and Private View. HRH Princess Michael of Kent will arrive12.00 for the Opening and presentation of Awards. Please email for invites. Wednesday 6pm – 8.30pm - SWA Exhibition PV - An Evening of Colour… Breast Cancer Awareness Supporting LGFB (Look Good Feel Better) and BCN Please email for invites
- Thursday - Saturday 10am - 5pm - open to the public
- Admission: £3
More indepth details on this page on the SWA website Exhibition Information
You can see my my most recent posts about the SWA here, plus below a video from their Instagram account about last year
- Call for Entries: Society of Women Artists 164th Annual Exhibition (2025)
- Review: 163rd Annual Exhibition of Society of Women Artists (2024)
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