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This is close the Call for Entries for the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2019 at the Mall Galleries betwixt Th fourteen Nov – Sun 24 Nov 2019

There receive got been some changes this yr together with yous are recommended to read the Call for Entries carefully.

Very oddly the exhibition page on the ING Discerning Eye website lacks a link to the Call for Entries website run past times artopps - although it is at that topographic point on the Home Page.

artwork inwards concluding year's exhibition

Below yous tin find:
  • information close the exhibition
  • a summary of information close prizes
  • a banknote close the judges - with links to their websites (or other information close them)
  • Call for Entries - How to Enter:
    • a summary of the information for artists e.g. who tin move into what etc.
    • information close the deadlines together with dates together with where to uncovering information close regional collection points
    • links to websites together with my weblog posts showing images of the fine art selected together with hung inwards past times exhibitions for those unfamiliar with this fine art competition.
NOTE: The Deadline:
  • to pre-register: 27 August 2019, 5pm
  • Submission of artworks Deadline: seventh September 2019, 4pm

It besides ("sort of") explains why 1 of the Selectors won the original cash prize inwards 2018! 
(Note: This post has been revised slightly since it was showtime published)

THe ING Discerning Eye Exhibition


The 2019 exhibition is opened upwards to the populace from Th fourteen Nov – Sun 24 Nov 2019 betwixt 10am together with 5pm daily, at the Mall Galleries. Admission is costless - together with it's sure as shooting an exhibition that I recommend people going to see.
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition is a demo of pocket-size works, independently selected past times half dozen prominent figures from the fine art world. It has established an outstanding reputation amid artists, collectors together with enthusiasts for its unique curatorial approach, providing a rare chance for lesser-known artists to exhibit their industrial plant amongst internationally recognised names. (Mall Galleries)
This fine art contest together with opened upwards exhibition is promoted past times the Discerning Eye which is a charity promoting visual fine art together with sponsored past times ING.

(Images are from the 2018 exhibition).

What's the same equally other opened upwards exhibitions


  • Drawings, paintings, fine fine art prints together with sculpture are exhibited
  • It's an chance for industrial plant past times lesser-known artists to live hung amongst contributions from meliorate known artists.
  • All industrial plant are for sale.

What makes this opened upwards exhibition different?


The exhibition is odd for a issue of reasons
  • The exhibition is large but smaller than it was (c.500 artworks rather than the c.600 inwards the past) but the artworks are all SMALL
  • It includes divergent styles together with media -  it besides includes mixed media works, ceramics, photography together with film
the 2018 ING Discerning Eye exhibition attracted a record-breaking issue of entries. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 total of 491 industrial plant past times 240 artists were selected for the exhibition.
In the 2018 exhibition 78% of the artists together with 63% of the industrial plant are from the opened upwards submission. Painting together with drawing brand upwards over 47% of the works, mixed media together with sculpture close 30%, printmaking close 13%, together with photography together with cinema close 10% this year. ING Website - 2018 Exhibition archive page
  • There is no selection committee; inwards lodge to larn selected yous exclusively receive got to delight 1 selector. Each of the half dozen invited 'exhibition curators' - 2 artists, 2 fine art collectors together with 2 fine art critics - operates independently of the other curators together with compete with them for artwork submitted via the opened upwards entry
  • The exhibition comprises SIX pocket-size together with various exhibitions - 1 for each selector/curator. Each pocket-size exhibition (of c.70-100+ works) represents the private interests, sense of savor together with manner of that private curator
  • Some of the artwork exhibited volition live past times INVITED artists the curator likes together with wants to include inwards their mini-exhibition - thence the opened upwards entry is smaller than 600 pieces. (see really welcome statistics re 2018 below) If a selector leans really heavily towards artists they know/favour together with receive got invited to exhibit (as has happened on occasion inwards the past times eg 1 educator selected all her students!) so this disadvantages the opened upwards entry.
  • works past times artists from the opened upwards receive got tended to sell meliorate than move past times invited artists 
  • Last year, industrial plant past times Selectors were exhibited (for, I think, the showtime time) - together with 1 of them won the original cash prize - to the surprise (and embarrassment?) I estimate of most concerned.
This was my review of concluding year's exhibition - see Review: ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2018 - which was written to a greater extent than with a sentiment to informing those artists contemplating an entry inwards 2019.
The ING Purchase Prize 2018 (£5,000) went to 1 of the selectors! 
I'd state that caused some "unnecessary disappointment" 
(see Non-Broadcast CAP Code below)

Prizes


 Interestingly the information close prizes has been expanded to Earth who chooses the prize after the total embarrassment surrounding concluding year's top prize. 

It does NOT excuse what happened.

The 2019 exhibition prizes total over £10,000 together with are:
  • ING Purchase Prize* – £5000
  • The Discerning Eye Founder’s Purchase Prize** – In respect of Michael Reynolds - £2500
  • The Discerning Eye Chairman’s Purchase Prize** – £1000
  • Meynell Fenton Prize* – £1000
  • Wright Purchase Prize* – £500
  • Humphreys Purchase Prize* – £750
  • Discerning Eye Sculpture together with 3D Work Prize** – £250
  • Discerning Eye Original Print Prize** – £250
  • Regional Prizes** – There volition live upwards to 8 prizes of £250 each awarded to an outstanding entry from the national regions
  • St Cuthberts Mill Award* – £200 worth of paper
  • Parker Harris Mentoring Prize*: Parker Harris volition hit a one-to-one mentoring session roofing all aspects of professional person evolution to a selected artist.
Importantly an EXPLANATION has been provided equally to the pregnant of the asterisks re. who selects the prizewinners.
*  These prizes are selected past times the private prize givers, non the selectors. 
**  These prizes are selected past times members of the Discerning Eye Educational Board, non the selectors.
Now all nosotros demand is an assurance that Selectors' move volition NOT live exhibited inwards the exhibition and/or volition NOT live eligible for prizes!! To do otherwise would live to downgrade this "open" exhibition inwards the eyes of really many artists and, inwards my view, would live non-compliant with the CAP Code - come across below.

 I'd only similar to remind the organisers together with the sponsors that there are RULES which apply to advertising opened upwards fine art competitions/exhibitions - which tin live found inwards the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising together with Direct & Promotional Marketing (CAP Code)
UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising together with Direct & Promotional Marketing (CAP Code) is the dominion majority for non-broadcast advertisements, sales promotions together with direct marketing communications (marketing communications). 
08 Promotional marketing  An of import department close promotions (e.g. competitions, prize draws, minute wins, front end page flashes, charity promotions etc) together with incentive schemes. The rules comprehend the direction of the promotion, equally good equally the publicity.
together with specifically
Promoters must deport their promotions equitably, promptly together with efficiently together with live seen to bargain fairly together with honourably with participants together with potential participants. Promoters must avoid causing unnecessary disappointment.
I know a lot of artists who were really disappointed past times the behavior of those who selected the original cash prize concluding year.

In addition, why should anybody demand to explicate that it is extraordinarily disappointing - together with brings a contest into disrepute - if 1 of the selectors wins a prize?  ING together with the organisers should receive got known meliorate than to permit this happen. However, having said that, I experience pretty confident inwards maxim it won't occur AGAIN!

If a banking company wants to heighten its reputation past times supporting an fine art competitions so it would do good to retrieve ethics together with integrity count for a LOT i.e. if yous desire to purchase move past times an creative mortal for the banking company so only do it - but don't do it via the Purchase Prize inwards this competition! Actions verbalise louder than words when it comes to reputation.

The 2019 ING Discerning Prize Selectors


The Discerning Eye together with ING receive got announced the 2019 selectors:

Art Collectors

Very "arts" - an histrion together with a lyricist. (I'd personally dear to come across the choices made past times people who receive got zilch whatsoever to do with "the arts". You don't receive got to live involved to collect!)
  • Kwame Kwei-Armah, OBE, (born Ian Roberts), is a British actor, playwright, director, vocalist together with broadcaster. He was Chancellor of the University of the Arts at 1 point. Since 2018 he has been Artistic Director of the Young Vic.
  • Sir Tim Rice, lyricist together with librettist 

Artists

This doesn't experience so much close fine art equally close artists who move inwards fashion.
  • Gill Button, "Instagram sensation" (says the Parker Harris newsletter) - a British painter together with illustrator whose work, focusing on the Earth of fashion, has been featured inwards Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, together with Tatler amongst others. 1992-1995: Kingston University London, BA (hons) Illustration 1991-1992: Maidstone College of Art
  • Charlotte Hodes, Professor of Fine Art at London College of Fashion, UAL - together with a painter, whose exercise includes ceramics, glass, papercuts together with installation. Her collage together with ceramic move tin live seen inwards many populace collections. Hodes studied at Brighton College of Art together with afterward at the Slade School, University College, University of London, graduating with an MA inwards 1984.

Art Critics

Two men with a background inwards journalism together with a penchant for art. It's e'er interesting to know how people dubbed 'art critics' developed their expertise for beingness critics of contemporary fine art but it's non really evident online.
  • John Penrose, Chairman of the Discerning Eye from 2007 – 2018 who retired concluding year. He spent his working life equally an investigative journalist, together with is the ex-husband together with manager of Anne Robinson (for those of yous similar me who idea his hollo was familiar - but couldn't quite identify it). He spent over l years collecting together with dealing inwards fine art together with antiques before opening The Dollar Street Gallery inwards Cirencester which he has since divested together with he at nowadays represents together with acts equally an agent for artists - but is non online.
  • Louis Wise, a freelance author and critic roofing freelance writer. According to PH he is the "Associate Culture Editor for The Sun Times"; according to Google he genuinely left inwards 2018 but all the same writes for The Times (and the Evening Standard together with The Guardian). Looks a chip filmic together with popular culturish to me - non a lot of commentary on art!

In the North Galleries


Call for Entries - the curt together with the long versions


The genuinely of import information is highlighted inwards reddish below. SEE https://thediscerningeye.artopps.co.uk/

The curt version

  • UK-based artists working inwards whatever medium 
  • can submit up to half dozen original industrial plant - entry fee varies (see below)
  • for the annual exhibition of c.450 industrial plant at the Mall Galleries inwards Nov 2019
  • Your move must live for sale and 
  • it must live less than twenty inches (50cm) inwards its greatest dimension. 
  • all artwork inwards the exhibition is selected from the actual artwork (ie no digital selection)
  • it is financially advantageous to pre-register equally submitting art
  • Initial entry is by OPTIONAL online pre-registration. Online registration closes at 5pm on 27 August 2019.
  • they receive got regional collection points together with the fee for collecting 1 item is exclusively £8 on top of the entry fee
  • all industrial plant submitted must receive got a fully completed, signed Entry Schedule together with a fully completed Discerning Eye Work label.
  • Full details tin live found on our Information For Artists page.

Who tin enter?


  • ONLY artists who are currently RESIDENT inwards the UK.


What form of artwork is eligible?


  • Up to half dozen industrial plant tin live submitted for competition.
  • all artwork must live an original creation past times the artist. This unremarkably agency THAT
    • the move has non been copied from some other artwork or photograph.
    • the creative mortal must live able to assert copyright (i.e. the move is non derivative)
  • Painting, prints, drawing, photography together with sculpture are all accepted.
  • Maximum size limit: twenty inches / l cms INCLUDING THE FRAME.
    • (3D – 20” x 20” x 20” (50 x l x l cm) including base/stand).
    • Works exceeding these dimension inwards whatever management volition live rejected.
    • (I experience similar going circular with a twenty inch mensurate during the exhibition. I wasn't convinced all move inwards concluding year's exhibition past times invited artists complied with these dimensions)
  • All industrial plant must live for sale. This is essential / non optional.


What sort of framing is acceptable?


There are very specific requirements equally to framing together with presentation for hanging
  • Don't permit your move larn rejected because yous didn't read the pocket-size print!
  • Frames together with mounts of odd colour, size or pattern may prejudice the selectors’ judgement.
  • Be consistent with your frames - together with they may live hung together
  • Don't forget to include the dimensions of the frame inwards the submission.
Another wall inwards the North Galleries - 5 sets of consistent framing


What does it cost?



 This year, the cost of entry has been changed together with simplified.
  • The entry fees for those artists who don't utilization pre-registration receive got been INCREASED to guide line organization human relationship of the aextra admin involved - come across below
  • The additional carry fee to pay if yous submit via a regional collection point has at nowadays been included inwards the fee. (Note some require yous to brand an appointment) 
I receive got to state the carry fee is of £8 is jolly reasonable, when compared to the alternatives, together with it's dainty to come across an fine art contest which is organised close its regional submissions.

Pre-registered submission fees:

  • London Submission: £12 per work
  • Regional Submission: £20 per move (inclusive of carry fee)

Works NOT pre-registered online submission fees:

  • London Submission: £20 per move *
  • Regional Submission: £28 per move (inclusive of carry fee) *
* The submission fees for industrial plant which haven’t been pre-registered receive got increased to comprehend the administrative costs involved inwards manually processing applications.

Commission

  • ALL WORKS MUST BE FOR SALE. 
  • A commission of 40% + VAT shall live charged past times The Discerning Eye on the toll paid for move or move commissioned at the exhibition or equally a consequence of introductions arranged past times The Discerning Eye.
  • Price entered on the entry cast is the catalogue selling toll - together with if sold BOTH commission together with VAT payable is deducted.

Insurance

The Discerning Eye makes no provision for private insurance of industrial plant together with all artists submitting move for exhibition are strongly advised to brand their ain arrangements inwards this regard.



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