New Light
Prize exhibition 2023 - 2024
In the Main Gallery from 12 October 2024 until 5 January 2025
One of the UK's largest and most talked about open exhibitions, the touring New Light Prize Exhibition is a celebration of Northern talent.
New Light was established to showcase both well-known and emerging artists and it now celebrates 15 years of supporting and promoting Northern artists through some of the region’s best awards and opportunities. The common thread through all the work New Light does is a deep belief that the visual arts matter and the North of England deserves to be celebrated.
The Mercer Art Gallery is the final stop of the exhibition tour, which has so far been shown at the Bankside Gallery in London, the Gallery at Rheged in Penrith, The Biscuit Factory in Newcastle and the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum in Birkenhead. Artists from across the North – or those who have close associations with the North – were invited to submit their entries over the course of three months last year. Following a gruelling judging process, the winners were announced in September 2023 and the artwork has been amazing art enthusiasts up and down the country ever since.
The exhibition features the five winning pieces, as well as work from 121 shortlisted artists who impressed the esteemed panel of judges with their unique artwork.
Gallery Talk: Modern Fallacies in Art Investment
Meet one of the New Light Prize Exhibition judges Matthew Hall, (Gallery owner, Panter and Hall) and hear his fascinating thoughts on buying and collecting art.
Thursday 21 November at 7pm.
Book tickets from the Skipton Town Hall website here
The New Light Prize Exhibition is sponsored by McInroy & Wood and Raworths.
