ING Discerning Eye
Exhibition
2025 Call for Entries Now Open
We’re now inviting submissions for the ING Discerning Eye 2025 Exhibition, one of the UK’s most prestigious platforms for small-scale art in all media.
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Artists from across the UK are encouraged to submit up to six works for the chance to:
Exhibit at the Mall Galleries, London, in November 2025,
Receive a share of the £13,000 prize fund,
Be selected by one of six prominent figures from the art world.
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This year’s selectors are:
Curtis Holder – award-winning artist
Polly Morgan – acclaimed British taxidermist
Richard Ansett – biographical photographer
Rosie Millard OBE – broadcaster and journalist
Dr Chris Stephens – Director of the Holburne Museum
Nicholas Scott – leading Pop Art collector
Deadline to enter: 28 August 2025, 5pm
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2024 Exhibition Highlights
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The 2024 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition featured 685 works, curated by six selectors including Will Gompertz, Adebanji Alade and Gabrielle Blackman.
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A huge thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to the 17 award-winning artists, who shared over £12,500 in prizes.
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For the full list of prize winners, please see below:
ING Purchase Prize, £5,000: Max Hembrow, The Author.
Discerning Eye Founder’s Prize, £2,500: Felicity Gill, Fluorescent Pink.
Discerning Eye Chair’s Purchase Prize, £1,000: Paul Newland, Incoming Mist, Winter.
Mervyn Metcalf Purchase Prize, £500: Judith Symons, Chair Study.
Tabish Khan Critic’s Purchase Prize, £200: Yvan Rolly Nembot, Lydol.
Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary, £1,500: Gerry Davies, for his 3 entries from the series Flood Story.
Cityscape Prize, £300: Dominic Mallin & Laura McEwen, Umbrella Shop.
Landscape Prize, £300: Lee Madgwick, Container.
Sculpture Prize, £300: Ben Russell, Modus.
Portrait Prize, £300: Ruth Fitton, Attitude (study).
Print Prize, £300: Cathryn Kuhfeld, Lake Como.
Parker Harris Mentoring Prize: Victoria Rees, Vic, You Have 45 Minutes.
Seven regional prizes, worth £250 each, were awarded by the board of Discerning Eye to outstanding talent around the UK:
Wales: Richard Prentice, Anthropogenic Lidded Vase.
North of England: Richard Baker, Unit 5.
Northern Ireland: Hannah O’Hagan Guinness No.3.
Scotland: Donald Macdonald, Paper No.1.
South of England: Louise Lawton, Thirteen.
Midlands: Michelle Heron, Waiting Room.
London: Liane Lang, Circle Stone.
