Second Lives × City Lit Open Call 2026 — Exhibition for Artists with a Parallel Career, London
Second Lives
Second Lives is a London platform for art born from rich experience, parallel lives and reinvention — artists whose practice has grown alongside another career. This special exhibition is held with City Lit, the adult education college in Covent Garden.
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A small, carefully curated Second Lives exhibition at City Lit Gallery, 18–28 November 2026, private view 17 November: two to four Second Lives artists shown alongside artists from City Lit's own open call, with a wider shortlist featured online. Access to Second Lives' list of collectors and a marketing campaign; works insured in transit, on display and in storage. Second Lives handles sales and pays 50% within 30 days; unsold work stays consigned for three months.
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UK-based artists aged 18 or over whose practice has developed alongside an alternative or first career; artists must deliver and collect their work in central London. Painting, sculpture, photography, installation, print, textiles, illustration, digital and ceramic art. No AI-generated submissions. Up to five works.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- 23:59 BST
- Programme dates
- Exhibition 18–28 November 2026; private view 17 November
- Costs to the artist
- Delivery to and collection from City Lit Gallery in central London