Discerning Eye
Exhibition
Is coming to London's Mall Galleries
13 Nov 2026 - 21 Nov 2026 - 10am to 5pm
Selection for the Discerning Eye 2026 is now complete.
Six independent selectors reviewed more than 6,800 entries and have chosen around 700 works spanning painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, and photography.
Every work is under 50cm in any direction, and every work is for sale.
The exhibition opens to the public on 13 November at Mall Galleries, London, running until 21 November 2026.
2026 Selectors:
This year's six selectors bring together expertise from across the arts:
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Hugh Bonneville, actor
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Jasmine Pradissitto, artist and scientist
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Jon Sharples, lawyer and collector
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Kelvin Okafor, portrait artist
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Martin Robinson, arts editor
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Melanie Gerlis, art critic and economist
Tickets and visiting:
Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1W 5BD
13 to 21 November 2026, 10am to 5pm daily
Free entry
Follow the exhibition:
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2025 Exhibition Highlights
The 2025 ING Discerning Eye was the largest in the exhibition's history, featuring more than 730 artworks by 529 artists, selected from an outstanding 6,500 entries that highlighted the breadth and vibrancy of contemporary British art.
Curated by a panel of six respected art world figures: Curtis Holder, Polly Morgan, Richard Ansett, Rosie Millard, Dr Chris Stephens, and Nicholas Scott, the exhibition brought together six independent curatorial perspectives within one dynamic and cohesive display.
All works are small-scale (no larger than 20 inches / 50 cm), offering an accessible way to discover and collect original art from emerging and established artists.
For the full list of prize winners, please see below:
ING Purchase Prize: Victoria Sills, Alice.
Discerning Eye Founder’s Prize: Hannah Woodman, Tunnel, Hackney Towpath.
Discerning Eye Chair’s Purchase Prize: Harriet Porter, Study of Spherical Vessel.
Mervyn Metcalf Purchase Prize: Andi Darling, ‘You can take ALL the pictures of me you like’ No.5.
Tabish Khan Critic’s Purchase Prize: Sarah Gooder, Mother and baby.
Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary: Harriet Mena Hill, for three works from The Aylesbury Fragments.
Portrait Prize: Annie Heyworth, Maggie Smith ‘Becoming Jane’.
Print Prize: Margaret Ashman, Slow Dancing 1.
Cityscape Prize: Oscar Whicheloe, Norton & Sons II.
Sculpture Prize: Sandra Camargo, The Phone Not Ringing.
Landscape Prize: Valerie Bennett, Giacometti Tree.
Parker Harris Mentoring Prize: Eve Dobel, To be held by you.
London Regional Prize: Simon Chalmers, Shipping Container, The Southbank Centre, London SE1.
Wales Regional Prize: Philip Watkins, Postcards from the Edge of Town No.3.
North of England Regional Prize: Mandy Payne, Much Loved, Much Missed.
Midlands Regional Prize: Allison Ksiazkiewicz, Seeley, Voelker and Hinman-Irwin Amphora.
South of England Regional Prize: Martin Barraud, Human: being.
Northern Ireland Regional Prize: Mark Geddis, Tethered.
Scotland Regional Prize: Jade Stout, Tidal Interruptions 4.
