This post is about the call for entries for the 2022 Exhibition to be held at the Mall Galleries in November - and whats involved in submitting an entry or six!
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition
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| ING Discerning Eye 2021: View of the West Gallery |
Six Selectors
Once a year they invite different people - two artists, two collectors and two critics / people who have art-related occupations to select artwork to hang in the exhibition.
Hence it's not an open exhibition where you have to please all the Jury of Selectors - you only need to please one!
The selectors this year are:
- David Ferry - Printmaker
- Ansel Krut - Painter
- Gurinder Chadha - Film Director
- Kate Enters - Director of Artcan
- Aindrea Emelife - Curator and Writer
- Alison Bevan Director of the Royal West of England Academy
The selectors:
- invite artists they know or whose work they admire
- select artwork submitted via the open entry
Small Works
The other aspect which is unique is that this is an exhibition about small artworks. Details below of what that means
Prizes
There are a range of prizes and in this era of disappearing art competitions, it's worth noting that some are valuable.
- ING Purchase Prize* – £5000
- The Discerning Eye Founder’s Purchase Prize** – In honour of Michael Reynold’s £2500
- The Discerning Eye Chairman’s Purchase Prize** – £1000
- The Mervyn Metcalf Purchase Prize* – £500
- Discerning Eye Sculpture and 3D Work Prize** – £250
- Discerning Eye Original Print Prize** – £250
- Discerning Eye Cityscape Prize** – £250
- Discerning Eye Landscape Prize** – £250
- Discerning Eye Portrait Prize** – £250
- Regional Prizes** – There will be up to 8 prizes of £250 each awarded to an outstanding entry from the national regions
- Parker Harris Mentoring Prize*: Parker Harris will give a one-to-one mentoring session covering all aspects of professional development to a selected artist
NOTE:
* These prizes are selected by the individual prize givers, not the selectors.
**These prizes are selected by members of the Discerning Eye Educational Board, not the selectors.
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| ING Discerning Eye 2021: North Gallery |
The Exhibition 2022
The exhibition is to be held at the Mall Galleries in central London - from the 11th - 20th November 2022
The website also has a Virtual Exhibition of the artwork in the exhibition.
However......
This year I have an ALERT for all artists wishing to submit work - which I summed up in a facebook post last year. Nobody has written to me to say it's a "return to normal" hence why I'm raising this issue here.
I am giving the organisers the benefit of the doubt and assuming that last year this was an effort to reduce costs given there was no knowing whether the exhibition might have to be cancelled.
However... it was, in my opinion, an absolutely ludicrous idea given that galleries do not have effective broadband reception throughout the galleries and not everybody likes to open their phone (and security!) to open access wifi!!!
- proper labels - stating names, titles, media and price
- a proper catalogue - including the same data which interested purchasers can consult and make notes as they go round.
I'm optimistic we've had a return to normal as the call for entries indicates the following
All exhibiting artists will be included in a fully illustrated print catalogue.
If you have not submitted before - or if you have submitted but not been selected, you can read more about past exhibitions and see the sort of artwork this exhibition attracts:
Welcome to The Discerning Eye Archives, here you can browse nearly 30 years of works exhibited annually. To start your search either select a year to view a full overview, or use the search bar to lookup particular artists, work titles or selectors.
The archive consists of nearly 15,000 selections, over the years we have expanded the data we store on individual works to include images, dimensions etc. However some earlier years may not have this information available.
Oddly it does NOT include images for the 2021 exhibition!!
Call for Entries: ING Discerning Eye 2022
