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The Threadneedle Prize 2014 - What's Changed As Well As How To Enter

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Some of import changes take away hold been made to the Call for Entries for the Threadneedle Prize 2014 for figurative painting too sculpture amongst a prize valued at £30,000
  • This post 
    • highlights the changes inwards process
    • unpicks too summarises the "call for entries"
  • highlights the key dates inwards the processes for submission, selection too exhibition
  • highlights my weblog posts close the Threadneedle Prize in conclusion year

Paintings inwards the Threadneedle Exhibition 2013 - inwards The Threadneedle Space at the Mall Galleries 

The Threadneedle Prize


The Threadneedle Prize is close contemporary figurative art. It's aim is to
  • champion the most interesting figurative artists working inwards Europe.
  • offer both established too emerging artists a high profile chance to showcase their function at a leading venue inwards Central London. 
  • maintain its status equally the country’s leading contest for figurative too representational ikon too sculpture

Previous winners too shortlisted artists include
  • Nina Murdoch, straightaway represented past times Marlborough Fine Art, and 
  • Rose Wylie, who is currently on demo at Tate Britain. 

Figurative Art Today (the 2014 exhibition) volition include the selected artworks for the in conclusion exhibition too volition intentionally correspond a comprehensive survey of both high character too multifariousness inwards figurative fine art beingness produced inwards the U.K. too Europe.

The Threadneedle Prize was established inwards 2008 amongst the back upwards of Threadneedle Investments, a leading international investment management theater amongst long-term commitment to supporting the arts.

The changes


1.  The entry process


This is the get-go twelvemonth inwards which ALL ENTRIES must endure submitted using the novel Digital Selection process.  This includes all sculpture too 3D submissions for the get-go time.

The procedure has equally good changed for entries from exterior the U.K. - too that relates to the side past times side major change.  All entries for sculpture too all entries from exterior the U.K. volition endure selected on the the world of prototype alone.

2.  Change inwards VAT registration for artists


It gives me no pleasance to tell I spotted this too told the organisers close it.
It's straightaway affecting all competitions too opened upwards exhibitions held at the Mall Galleries (and whatever other gallery or opened upwards exhibition or fine art contest inwards the UK).  It's quite possible that at that topographic point are a few exhibitions breaching the VAT regulations equally I write!

The bottom line of piece of work is that the VAT regulations relating to fine art take away hold changed. This agency that artists submitting function to the contest from Europe (i.e. those artists without a U.K. residence - which effectively means not domiciled in the U.K. for revenue enhancement purposes) 

  • either MUST endure registered for U.K. VAT 
  • or recollect to register for U.K. VAT inwards fourth dimension to furnish their VAT registration release to Mall Galleries earlier they tin give the axe sell plant of fine art inwards the exhibition. (ie no VAT registration = no exhibition)

3.  The prizes


Last twelvemonth the £30,000 get-go prize was separate betwixt ii artists who jointly won the First Prize (see Clare McCormack too Lisa Wright win Threadneedle Prize 2013). Interestingly neither winner minded equally they regarded the fact of winning equally the most valuable affair for them.

This year, the First Prize continues to take away hold a full value of £30,000 yet this straightaway has ii components
  • a cash prize of £20,000 
  • plus a rattling pregnant novel addition. The winner straightaway has the chance to exhibit a wider body of function inwards 2015 at their ain exhibition inwards at the Mall Galleries inwards fundamental London. Plus a farther £10,000 volition endure granted towards exhibition expenses for this exhibition (no to a greater extent than worrying close rental of a infinite too framing costs!)
We recognise that for ane function to win a major prize represents a dandy achievement, but for a torso of function past times the winning creative soul to endure exhibited inwards a fundamental London gallery represents a huge opportunity.
The timing of the exhibition agency that an creative soul volition take away hold to a greater extent than or less a twelvemonth to drib dead a torso of function together for the exhibition.

Visitors to the exhibition are invited to vote for the Visitors’ Choice Award, a farther valuable prize worth £10,000 to the winning artist.

4. Panel of Selectors 2014


The Threadneedle exhibition has to some extent been a footling eclectic inwards the past times amongst the resultant of the selection beingness influenced past times the panel of selectors rather to a greater extent than than most. This appears to take away hold revolved about a ground close what figurative fine art agency - too the personalities of those making the judgements

This year's panel are:
  • Nancy Durrant -  the Arts Commissioning Editor too an Art Critic at The Times, 
  • Kevin Francis Gray - a sculptor who has exhibited globally too whose function is inwards collections about the world
  • Whitney Hintz - Independent Advisor too Curator of the Hiscox Collection too a a board fellow member of the Crossrail Arts Programme too ‘Sculpture inwards the City’
  • John Martin - Founder too First Director of Art Dubai too Founder too Director of the John Martin Gallery.
I personally make recollect it helps to appear at the fine art they brand or the fine art they similar to encounter if at that topographic point is a run a hazard your fine art mightiness check the bill.  My pick out on the pick of selectors suggests sculpture is probable to take away hold a pretty adept twelvemonth this year.

5.  The exhibition - The Threadneedle Prize: Figurative Art Today

This twelvemonth ii separate exhibitions volition run concurrently:
  • Threadneedle Prize: the exhibition of plant selected past times the Panel of Judges from the opened upwards entry - inwards the West too due north galleries
  • an exhibition inwards the Threadneedle Space - amongst pieces selected by a Guest Curator - the independent fine art critic, author & curator Sacha Craddock.  (see her talk close who she is too what she expects from grade shows on YouTube
“Although it could endure said that inwards ane way or some other all fine art relates to the figure, I am excited at the chance to curate an exhibition of electrical current figurative art. I am hoping to pick out together a discreet but ambitious arrive at of work, sense too expression, that volition provide a thought-provoking complement to the opened upwards contest section.” Sacha Craddock

The exhibition opens on the 25 September - eleven Oct 2014 at the Mall Galleries, The Mall (near Trafalgar Square) London SW1.

All plant past times both established too upwards too coming artists are for sale.

Who tin give the axe submit an entry


Artists of whatever nationality, aged xviii or over on 1 Jan 2014, shortly living or working inwards the U.K. or Europe (except employees of the Federation of British Artists too Threadneedle, too their agents).

Previous prizewinners may equally good submit upwards to v works, but they are non eligible to win the same prize for a menstruum of 3 years.

What sort of fine art is eligible?


Art media 

You tin give the axe submit paintings, drawings, master copy prints, sculpture, mixed media constructions, pocket-size scale installations too reliefs.... We but take away hold photography too video entries where they shape business office of a mixed media installation.
Detail is provided at What to submit

Type of figurative art

Artists are encouraged to submit fresh too intriguing plant that are rigid too topical observations or interpretations on the Earth about us.
You tin give the axe depository fiscal establishment check out the artwork which has been selected for previous exhibitions inwards the archive.

You tin give the axe equally good reference the images inwards previous posts close the Threadneedle Prize on this weblog - which genuinely give a much meliorate sense of scale.

Threadneedle Prize Exhibition 2013 - Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 persuasion of the West Gallery at the Mall Galleries

How to enter


Details of how to submit tin give the axe endure found on the Threadneedle website - including details of how to job the online website where y'all larn inwards your submission.

Online submission

  • Entry to this contest is via online submission for ALL ENTRIES.
  • The deadline for entries is 12 noon on 3 July.

The method of submission straightaway differentiates betwixt U.K. plant too sculpture too plant from exterior the UK.

IMPORTANT: If your function differs dramatically from the prototype submitted online, or arrives inwards a status unfit for exhibition, the Exhibition Administrators reserve the correct to exclude your function from the exhibition.

Paintings, prints too drawings submitted past times artists living inwards the UK


All paintings, prints too drawings submitted past times artists living inwards the U.K. must endure initially submitted online.
  • Those pre-selected for the longlist volition too hence endure asked to deliver their artwork for the in conclusion selection process. 
  • If your function is pre-selected, it must endure delivered, exhibition-ready, to the Mall Galleries on Lord's Day 27 or Mon 28 July betwixt 10am too 5pm for in conclusion presentation to our selection panel.

Sculpture / function submitted past times artists living abroad


The selection of function for the exhibition - if it is sculpture or artwork submitted from exterior the U.K. - volition endure straightaway based alone upon the images y'all submit amongst your entry.
  • Which agency dandy tending should endure taken to submit high character images too ones which properly reverberate scale too colour.  Don't permit your function downwards past times taking hapless photographs.
  • You volition but endure asked to deliver your artwork if it is selected for exhibition
  • If accepted, y'all volition demand to shipping a high-resolution prototype of your function for possible inclusion inwards the illustrated exhibition catalogue. 
  • If selected, your function volition demand to endure delivered to Mall Galleries past times 5pm on xvi August.

Submission Fee


  • £12 per artwork, 
  • £10 for students too FBA Members

Timeline


  • Deadline: 3 July (12 noon)
  • Pre-Selection Notification: 10 July, 12 Noon
  • Receiving Days: 27 & 28 July, 10am - 5pm
  • Online Acceptance Notification: 1 August, 12 Noon
  • Collection of Unaccepted Work: 2 August, 10am - 5pm
  • Short List announced: Midweek xiii August 2014
  • Winner Announced: Tuesday 23 September 2014
  • Exhibition: 25 September - eleven Oct 2014
  • Collection of Unsold Work: xvi October, 10am - 5pm

For to a greater extent than data on how to submit delight see the Threadneedle Prize website

The Threadneedle Prize 2013


Threadneedle Prize 2012 - to a greater extent than from Making Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Mark


2011 Threadneedle Prize 




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