Bankside Gallery, London
20 March – 18 April 2026
RWS Spring 2026: Wherever You Go, There You Are
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The Mini Picture Show 2025
28 November 2025 – Late January 2026
“The Mini Picture Show is now open! We have over 400 artworks on display, all by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. All works are available to take home immediately..”
Bankside Gallery
28 November 2025 – Late January 2026
Be Part of Art 4
Online art auction raising funds for the RWS
13 – 16 November 2025
It’s your chance to be part of art again!
100 original artworks by Members of the RWS and selected guests will be available for sale in our online fundraising auction. As with our previous auctions, this will be a rare chance to buy RWS artworks at very special prices.
The RWS is a registered educational charity and receives no government or public funding. By placing a bid in this auction, you will help raise vital funds for the RWS and ensure the sustainability and longevity of the Society for future generations to enjoy.
Browse the works (click here) and place your bids online from Thursday 13th November at 12pm until Sunday 16th of November at 8pm.
The Shapes of Water
The shapes in water are what watercolourists work in. Watercolour’s great complication is its transparency, challenging every aspect of the artist’s skill.
In their pursuit of capturing form, many artists build thick layers of waterbased paint, while others hint at shape with indications of colour applied in broad washes. For more than two hundred years the RWS has represented the very best in water-based media on paper and to this day artists continue to push at the limits of this unpredictable medium and its capabilities.
Bankside Gallery, 3 October – 1 November 2025
Summer at the Bankside Gallery 2025
Paintings and original prints from artists of the Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers available to take away immediately on purchase.
Tim Marlow Selects
Bankside Gallery 45th Anniversary Exhibition
Delighted to have a painting in this show.
To mark a significant anniversary of its time on London’s Thames Riverside, Bankside Gallery is holding a celebratory exhibition of work by members of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (RE), curated by Tim Marlow OBE; writer, broadcaster, art historian and current Director and CEO of the Design Museum.
31 July – 10 August 2025
Small Works
RWS Gallery at Whitcomb Street | 8th – 23rd May
An exhibition of works on paper by RWS Members, Associates and Guest Members exploring art on a small scale.
The RWS is an artist-led Society made up of an elected Membership who are amongst the finest practitioners in contemporary water-based painting. In this exhibition, artists are celebrating water-based media in all its forms, including gouache, acrylic, pen & ink, pigment, collage, mixed media as well as traditional watercolour.
RWS Spring 2025
The Royal Watercolour Society annual Spring exhibition, featuring works in waterbased media on paper.
28 March – 26 April 2025
Bankside Gallery. Details here.
Thames Riverside
48 Hopton Street
London SE1 9JH
Mini Picture Show
6 December 2024 – 26 January 2025
Bankside Gallery, London.
A selection of small artworks by members of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers.
The exhibition officially opens on Friday 6 December, but will be open late on Thursday 5 December between 6-8pm.
Discerning Eye
Delighted to be part of this exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
🗓️ The ING Discerning Eye exhibition will take place at the Mall Galleries from 15 to 24 November 2024, and online until 1 January 2025.
👀 The exhibition was curated by tastemakers including art critic Will Gompertz, artist Adebanji Alade and interior designer Gabrielle Blackman.
🖼️Out of 6,000+ entries, 685 artworks by 398 creatives were shortlisted for this prestigious show.
🎨 The ING Discerning Eye showcases talent in a wide range of media – painting, drawing, sculpture, print, photography, video, textile, ceramic and more.
🕔 The exhibition is free to visit every day, 10am to 5pm from Friday 15 to Saturday 23 November, and 10am to 1pm on Sunday 24 November 2024.
More info here https://www.discerningeye.org/exhibition
Peter Quinn 