ING Discerning Eye
Exhibition
2025 Call for Entries Now Closed
We’re now preparing the selection for this year's ING Discerning Eye, and can't wait to welcome you all to the gallery from
Friday 14 November - Sunday 23 November
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
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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.
