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John Moores Painting Prize 2025/2026
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John Moores Painting Prize 2025/2026

Walker Art Gallery

March 24, 2026Liverpool, UK

The absolute zenith of competitive painting exhibitions in the UK and Europe, operating with a strictly anonymous judging process. It offers a career-defining £25,000 first prize, a guaranteed solo exhibition, and a specialized prize for early-career painters, providing massive exposure and institutional validation.

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£25,000 first prize, guaranteed solo exhibition at the prestigious Walker Art Gallery. Lady Grantchester Prize: £5,000, a London residency, and £2,500 in Winsor & Newton materials (for early-career painters). Exposure to thousands of collectors and curators.

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Contemporary painters. Judging is strictly anonymous (blind to artist's name, age, gender, and previous exhibition CV). Lady Grantchester Prize for early-career painters (within five years of graduation).

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Deadline
Impending deadline closing tomorrow, March 24, 2026.
Language
No specific requirement
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£25,000 first prize

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