Due to popular demand, more than 200 RHS award-winning botanical drawings and pictures were extended for additional six days.
Following its successful premiere on 18 September, Saatchi Gallery is pleased to announce that the RHS Botanical Art & Photography Present 2021 will be extended for an additional six days, allowing artists and photographers to show their work to a broader audience. Over 200 botanical graphics and photographs by 15 artists and 19 photographers competed for an RHS medal in the 2021 show, which will now run until 9 October. Pauleen Trim’s ‘Native British Deciduous Trees Featuring Galls,’ Kimiko Miyahara’s ‘Endemic Plants of Japan’s Ogasawara Islands, A UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site,’ Shelley Lawrence Kirkwood’s ‘I’ll Follow The Sun,’ and Francesca Wilkinson’s ‘Full Circle – Studi’ are among this year’s RHS Medal Winners, which were chosen by an expert panel for their
The exhibition’s public debut coincided with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and it has since attracted hundreds of art and botany aficionados to the Gallery’s unique and huge display pieces, which have never been seen before. The show complements the RHS Lindley Collections’ work, with gold medal-winning artworks being added on a monthly basis, contributing to the horticultural charity’s long history of botanical art acquisition and presentation. A variety of outreach initiatives for schools and community groups, including painting, drawing, and print workshops, will be held in conjunction with the exhibition in order to encourage a love of botanical art and study.
Tickets for the RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show 2021 are £5 for adults and £3 for concessions and can be purchased online. Walk-ins are accepted. Free admission is available to Saatchi Gallery and RHS members.
