Past
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Reflections
25 Mar - 24 Apr 2022 Bankside Gallery On the year of the Platinum Jubilee of their Patron, artists of the Royal Watercolour Society take a look back on the last 70 years. From the personal events of... Read more -
Art Fundraiser in aid of Ukraine
16 - 23 Mar 2022 Bankside Gallery In response to the horrific events unfolding in Ukraine, Bankside Gallery have launched an online art fundraiser with 100% of the proceeds going to the Disasters Emergency Committee's Ukraine Humanitarian... Read more -
RWS Open
4 - 20 Mar 2022 Bankside Gallery Following a year's break due to the pandemic, the Royal Watercolour Society are excited to announce the return of our annual open submission exhibition. Formerly known as the Contemporary Watercolour... Read more
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Mini Picture Show
3 Dec 2021 - 30 Jan 2022 Affordable works on a small scale by artists from the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. Contemporary watercolours and original prints, both framed and unframed, may... Read more -
Now & Then
1 - 31 Oct 2021 Bankside Gallery Have you ever visited a retrospective exhibition of a particular artist and been surprised at how their early works differ so greatly to the most recent pieces you're familiar with?... Read more -
Summer at Bankside Gallery
18 Jun - 1 Aug 2021 Bankside Gallery Summer is here and Bankside Gallery is back! Our fabulous home at Bankside Gallery is back open for business after the long covid closure. We can't wait to welcome you... Read more
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They Can't Cancel Spring...
18 Mar - 27 Apr 2021 Just as the world shut down in March 2020, great British artist David Hockney released a bright and hopeful iPad drawing of flowering daffodils , and reminded us all 'they... Read more -
Online Exhibition: Spring Mini Picture Show
1 Feb - 14 Mar 2021 Bankside Gallery Brighten up those lockdown blues with the Mini Picture Show, Spring edition! Long-standing RWS supporters may recall the Mini Picture Show as the highlight of the festive season, an enormous... Read more -
Art in the time of Corona
2 - 31 Oct 2020 Bankside Gallery The year 2020 has been somewhat of a strange one thus far, and that's an understatement! Through these uncertain times, many artists of the RWS have faced time outside of... Read more
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Summer at Bankside Gallery
27 Jul - 27 Sep 2020 Bankside Gallery Starting an art collection? Look no further than, Summer at Bankside Gallery. All artworks are original pieces by contemporary painters and printmakers of the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society... Read more -
2020 VISIONS
Online Exhibition 27 Mar - 25 Apr 2020 Bankside Gallery Due to the global situation with Coronavirus, we have made the difficult decision to cancel this exhibition. However artworks are available to browse and buy online. Watercolour painting is... Read more -
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Competition
6 - 18 Mar 2020 Bankside Gallery Established by the Royal Watercolour Society , this annual open-submission exhibition explores innovation and experimentation in all forms of water-based media. Exhibiting artists range from established art professionals to those... Read more