Call for Entries: The Discerning Eye 2005 Exhibition
Thursday August 4, 2005
According to its organisers, The Discerning Eye is "the largest exhibition of small works of art in the UK". I was intrigued by their definition of small -- no more than 20 inches in size, including the frame. Guess what I think of as small counts as tiny. Anyway, the paintings in the exhibition are selected by six "prominent figures" from the art world: two artists (Catherine Goodman, Jonathan Miller), two collectors (John Orbell, Martin Smith), and two critics (Joan Bakewell, Nicholas Usherwood) and are a mixture of those chosen from open submission and works by artists invited by the selectors.
The exhibition "provides an unusual opportunity for works by lesser-known artists to be hung alongside contributions from internationally-recognised names. The selectors are solely responsible for their own selection. The only restrictions are limitation of size and to select at least 25 per cent of their section from the open submission."
Six works may be submitted as a cost of eight pounds a work. All works must be for sale, and a 40 per cent commission is charged (remember to include this when you're filling in 'selling price' on the form).
How realistic is to think that you'll get a painting accepted, and sold? Work out the odds from the stats of last year's exhibition: of the 495 works shown, 266 were from the open submission artists; 118 works were sold in total, of which 65 were by open submission artists.
There are various regional collection points around the UK, from Penzance to Aberdeen, with entry dates varying from 3 to 12 September. (You'll be charged seven quid for "deliver of work through a regional collection point", so if you're entering six paintings, it might be worth checking out what a cheap day-return bus ticket to London on Sunday 11 September costs.)
For full details, see the Discerning Eye website.
The exhibition "provides an unusual opportunity for works by lesser-known artists to be hung alongside contributions from internationally-recognised names. The selectors are solely responsible for their own selection. The only restrictions are limitation of size and to select at least 25 per cent of their section from the open submission."
Six works may be submitted as a cost of eight pounds a work. All works must be for sale, and a 40 per cent commission is charged (remember to include this when you're filling in 'selling price' on the form).
How realistic is to think that you'll get a painting accepted, and sold? Work out the odds from the stats of last year's exhibition: of the 495 works shown, 266 were from the open submission artists; 118 works were sold in total, of which 65 were by open submission artists.
There are various regional collection points around the UK, from Penzance to Aberdeen, with entry dates varying from 3 to 12 September. (You'll be charged seven quid for "deliver of work through a regional collection point", so if you're entering six paintings, it might be worth checking out what a cheap day-return bus ticket to London on Sunday 11 September costs.)
For full details, see the Discerning Eye website.
Comments
The link to the Discerning Eye website is not correct. It should be http://www.discerningeye.org.
Thank you.