Mall Galleries Blog

The Pastel Society Prize & Award Winners 2020: Part Two

Part Two of the Prize Winners Blog from The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2020

Posted by Liam Kilby on Tue, 2020-02-04 13:51

The Pastel Society Prize & Award Winners 2020: Part One

Part One of the Prize Winners Blog from The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2020

Posted by Liam Kilby on Tue, 2020-02-04 13:07

The Pastel Society Invited Artist: Mark Cazalet

The Pastel Society have invited Mark Cazalet to exhibit alongside the members

Posted by Liberty Rowley on Mon, 2020-01-13 16:58

Bob Last PS - The Pastel Society's Cover Artist

Bob Last's Squaring the Circle is featured on the cover of The Pastel Society's Annual Exhibition catalogue this year.

Posted by Liberty Rowley on Mon, 2020-01-13 16:37

A Personal History of Prison Horticulture

A conversation about the healing power of prison horticulture and the symbolism of stories with Hannah Wright, author of Outside Time and artist Brian Dunce PS.

Posted by Róisín McVeigh on Wed, 2019-05-01 13:29

'Art Expert in Residence' Estelle Lovatt FRSA on Pastels

Artist and art critic Estelle Lovatt FRSA shares her thoughts on pastels, and the peculiar exercise of appreciating art.

Posted by Beatrice on Thu, 2019-02-21 14:16

Celebrating Older People in Portraiture

Melodie Cook PS and Penelope Milner explain how a desire to portray compelling emotion led them to select older sitters.

Posted by Beatrice on Tue, 2019-02-19 17:41

Emerging Artists in The Pastel Society Exhibition 2019

Meet the emerging artists exhibiting at Mall Galleries for the first time in The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2019, several of whom have snapped up the society's top prizes.

Posted by Beatrice on Fri, 2019-02-08 16:02

Andrea Santi wins the Alfred Teddy Smith & Zsuzsi Roboz Award

21-year-old Italian artist Andrea Santi wins the £5,000 Alfred Teddy Smith & Zsuzsi Roboz Award for a pencil drawing of her mother.

Posted by Beatrice on Fri, 2019-02-08 13:48

The Pastel Society 2019: Interactive Map

Use our interactive map to discover locations around the world where Pastel Society exhibitors found inspiration, and the works of art they created there.

Posted by Liam Kilby on Fri, 2019-01-25 15:43

Picturing the World in Pastels

Pastel Society exhibitor Richard Rees PS travels the world as an architect, and documents the places he visits in vibrant pastels.

Posted by Beatrice on Mon, 2019-01-21 17:07

Pastels and Pirouettes

Pastel painting and ballet have been close companions since Edgar Degas first sketched the dancers of the Paris Opera. As part of The Pastel Society Annual Exhibition 2018, Mall Galleries paid homage to this celebrated relationship with a visit from the ballerinas of the Central School of Ballet.

Posted by Beatrice on Thu, 2018-03-01 13:31