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RSA Annual Exhibition -
Open Art
Launching Mid-November 2026
  • RSA Annual Exhibition -
    Open Art
    Launching Mid-November 2026
  • RSA Annual Exhibition -
    Open Art
    Launching Mid-November 2026
  • RSA Annual Exhibition -
    Open Art
    Launching Mid-November 2026
  • RSA Annual Exhibition -
    Open Art
    Launching Mid-November 2026
  • RSA Annual Exhibition -
    Open Art
    Launching Mid-November 2026

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    RSA Annual Exhibition 2026 install shot. Photo Julie Howden.

    About

    The 201st Annual Exhibition Open call is launching Mid-November 2026

     

    The RSA Annual Exhibition is the largest and longest-running annual exhibition of contemporary art and architecture in Scotland. For two centuries it has captured art and architecture at a moment in time, reflecting the world as it has changed with the Industrial Revolution, two world wars, the invention of the telephone and the birth of the internet. It continues to provide a platform for contemporary painting, sculpture, film, printmaking, photography and installation, alongside work by some of the country’s leading architects.

     

    Income raised in the Annual Exhibition directly assists artists and the not-for-profit work of the RSA. The exhibition encompasses both the physical and digital, combining the exhibition of artworks on display in the galleries with those shown online, some exclusively designed as such and others as companions or in tandem to work in the galleries. 

  • How to submit

    RSA Annual Exhibition 2026. Photo Julie Howden.

    How to submit

    The application deadline has now passed for 2026 (Fri 6 Feb, 5pm) and final selection results are now live.
    If you have handed in pre-selected work please log back into your application account at royalscottishacademy.oess1.uk from midday Wed 29 April to find out if your work has been included in the physical exhibition. 
    For further information please click on the links below - 
      • Open Art Regulations
      • Open List of Awards
      • Open Art FAQs
      • International Exhibitor information
     
     OESS login
     
    Enquire

     

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