Who we are
Mall Galleries empowers artists through a not-for-profit programme of exhibitions and events, prizes and awards, with a focus on figurative art.
Managed by the Federation of British Artists, a visual arts charity founded in 1961, Mall Galleries offers learning and engagement opportunities for everyone.
Focusing on figurative art
Mall Galleries is home to nine of the nation’s leading art societies, each specialising in figurative art. Every year, their annual exhibitions showcase new work by more than one thousand artists on the gallery’s walls and website to audiences worldwide. In addition to these national art society annual exhibitions, Mall Galleries hosts a frequently changing programme of major group and solo shows, art fairs, auctions, and open submission competitions, all focusing on figurative art.
We believe in the diversity of figurative art, defined as work based on the physical world around us, therefore we are the flagship for a broad spectrum of figuration, spanning the traditional to the contemporary, across many media and genres.
Empowering artists
Mall Galleries supports artists at all stages of their careers. Many of its exhibitions are open submission, to which any artist aged over 18 may submit. The works selected for exhibition are given a major platform in central London on which to be showcased and sold, from which other opportunities often follow, for example commissions, collaborations, and representation. A special feature of the shows is that works by emerging and established artists sit side by side, so that conversations are created between works, and dialogue between artists.
Significantly, through Mall Galleries, an average of £100,000 worth of prizes are awarded to artists every year, ranging from cash awards and art materials to mentoring and residencies.
Learning and engagement
Mall Galleries hosts a varied programme of events, including workshops, demonstrations, tours, talks, and portfolio reviews. To widen access, admission to the galleries is free to anybody aged under 25, and often free to all.
We encourage visitors to join as Friends of Mall Galleries to engage fully with our artists, activities, and each other.
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