Annual Exhibition

 

 

The Mall Galleries is a welcoming space for both established and emerging talent.

As one of the world’s great forums for portraiture, the exhibition showcases the very best painted and drawn portraits selected from national and international submissions.

 

“No year is ever the same but there is something reassuringly constant about the RP show. Don’t conflate constancy with anything ordinary, however. You will see fresh and sometimes surprising work by painters you know well, and you’ll see portraits by artists who are new to you.”

-Anthony Connolly – President

 

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Celebrating the best

in contemporary portraiture

 

June Mendoza, ‘Isla Baring’

The RP contains a broad collection of stylistic and intellectual approaches that continue to make a significant contribution to the ongoing tradition of portraiture in Britain today. The Society looks to uphold the values and practices of its long and distinguished history, but at the same time, it seeks to explore and develop new artistic models and perspectives.

 

The Society presents the following prizes and awards annually:

 

  • The William Lock Portrait Prize
  • The de Laszlo Foundation Award
  • The RP Prize for the Best Small Portrait
  • The Raw Umber Studios Prize
  • The Smallwood Architects Prize for Contextual Portraiture

 

 

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Mall Galleries

North, East & West Galleries,

The Mall, by Trafalgar Square, London