EXHIBITION: RWS OPEN

The RWS Open is one of the largest open-submission water-media exhibitions in the world, attracting thousands of submissions nationally and internationally each year.

Artists at any stage in their career, based in the UK or internationally, are invited to submit artwork made in any and all water-based media on paper.

This year's selected works were chosen by Bob and Roberta Smith RA, Siphiwe Mnguni, Charles Williams PRWS, Akash Bhatt RWS and Caroline Cornelius RWS.

Supported by Cass Art.

Location: Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, 48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH

Dates & times: 27^th February – 15^th March 2026, 11am - 6pm

Admission: Free

Image credit: On the Way by Lucy Spanyol, watercolour 

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