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The RHS return to Saatchi Gallery for the third year in a row to showcase new work from leading botanical artists and photographers across three galleries.

Entries for the show have been through a meticulous pre-selection process, where the scientific accuracy, technical skill and aesthetic appeal of the work are reviewed by an expert judging panel prior to the show opening, with artists and photographers awarded RHS Gold, Silver-Gilt, Silver, and Bronze medals, as well as a series of special awards including ‘Best Botanical Art Exhibit’ and ‘Judge’s Special Award’.

In 2023, a diverse range of subjects will be presented by participants from around the world. Artists depict plants of ecological importance including English seaweed and Scottish lichens, Australian Algae, endangered plants of Korea, and wildflowers of Greece. Heritage garden blooms are also featured, sitting together with pictures of fabulous fruit and medicinal herbs.

New photography entries in 2023 include works from amateur photographers as well as returning medal-winning exhibitors. The portfolios this year depict a range of photographic styles and chosen subjects ranging from RHS garden landscapes to the gardeners found working in quiet unity within the temple gardens of Kyoto.

Former Gold medal-winning exhibitors will also show their work alongside artists participating in the 2023 exhibition for the first time.

The show is a highlight in the calendar of the RHS Lindley Library, complementing its extensive collection of botanical artworks, photographs and illustrations which include more than 30,000 works.

Download the Botanical Art & Photography Awards 2023 press release

Admission

From £5, concessions available; under 10s go free (T&Cs apply); Saatchi Gallery & RHS Members go free.

Saatchi LATES (open until 9pm): 7 July. Tickets from £5; Free for Saatchi Gallery Members.

Exhibition Supporter

Pre-booking is strongly advised, but some tickets will be available for purchase at the Gallery each day.

EXHIBITION ADMISSION

Monday to Sunday

Saatchi Gallery Members – Free Entry. Booking required with the code provided by RHS as seen in the June issue of The Garden magazine. Seleact date of visit & add booking code at the end.

General Admission – £7

Concession* – £5

Family** – £17

Children under 6 years – Free entry when accompanied by an adult ticket holder
*Students & Seniors 65+ or children 6-16 yrs, with valid proof of concession or membership must be presented upon entry.

**2 adults & 2 children under the age of 18

Free Access for Carers
A carer accompanying a ticketholder with accessibility needs will be admitted free alongside the ticketholder. Both parties should enquire with staff upon arrival.

EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS

Monday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm
Last Entry: 5.30pm

PLEASE NOTE

No large bags or luggage, no electric scooters and no food or drink – except water in bottles are permitted.

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For 16 days only Saatchi Gallery and Jealous present a huge selection of framed ‘show prints’ resurfacing from archives and storerooms. Each framed work is available for the price of the print. The frames, sold as seen, are free. So don’t miss out!

Artists featured include Jake Chapman, Kate Gibb, Chris Levine, Charming Baker, Anthony Burrill, Ralph Steadman, Sara Pope, Jess Albarn, Gary Hume and many more…

Admission: Free. Pre-booking not required

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As part of our charitable mission, we endeavour to ensure school, university and community groups receive the best possible support. Saatchi Gallery proudly offers free entry to learners and community groups with the support of our Gallery sponsors.

Over the past 12 months we have worked with almost 17,000 participants. This exhibition showcases some of the amazing work that has been made during workshops with these talented groups.

INSTALLATION VIEWS

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The “Arrival” project will present the systematic work of “Crypto ZR” incorporating internet discussions regarding crypto art, attributed to the discussion on language, civilisation, and communication in the film “Arrival”.

Somewhere between the old and new world, Crypto ZR will take you to another place based on algorithms, crypto, virtual, digital, anonymous, and decentralised, referenced as the “portal to the metaverse”. The metaverse era rethinks the world of economy, concordance, environment, resources, ideology, computational propaganda, viruses, and human nature.

These are relevant to the various situations in which Crypto ZR is presented at work and through time. The “Arrival” Project, too, is time-based and uses technology and art to understand the power of human connection.

Artist: CryptoZR (Liu Jiaying)

CryptoZR (Liu Jiaying) previously served as Chief Product Designer of Global SNS in the international business department of Tencent. In 2016, she was accepted to the master’s degree program at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in China. During her studies, she focused on blockchain technology to explore artistic transformation, and the development of unique artistic languages. In 2017, Liu Jiaying established Singapore Foundation ProChain, and the Blockchain Foundation. In 2021, the Guardian Art Center hosted her major solo exhibition Crypto ZR: Cookie Cookie. Followed by CRYPTO ZR: COOKIE COOKIE 2.0 in Venice, 2022.

Curator: Li Zhenhua

Li Zhenhua works between Zurich, Berlin and Hong Kong, and has been active in contemporary art since 1996 with a focus on curation, art creation and project management. Li has been the Film Curator at Art Basel Hong Kong since 2014 and nominated for numerous prizes including the Prix Pictet in Switzerland. He won Curator of the Year from Art Power in 2014 as well as Curator of the Year from TANC Asia Prize in 2015. Prior to this, Zhenhua sat on the advisory board for ‘Digital Revolution’ at the Barbican Centre in London and has acted as a juror for the Korean Cultural Center’s Open Call 2021.

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Saatchi Gallery presents an immersive garden installation featuring works by British multimedia artist Catriona Robertson. Created utilising re-claimed urban materials and plant life, visitors are invited to explore the newly commissioned giant, worm-like sculptures, ‘Gigantic Pile’.

The garden, designed by Dave Green with the aim of conveying the importance of ecological growth without the interruption of human activity, encouraging visitors to engage with the garden and reconnect with nature.

Corrugated pathways allow visitors to be physically close to the sculptures and immerse themselves in the site specific garden.

Exploring the relationship between nature and man-made materials, this years garden hihghlights the resiliance of wilderness.

Catriona explains, ‘A ghost wilderness hovers in wait of reclaiming the human made landscape as weeds and entangled roots grow between the cracks of concrete foundations.’

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