21/7/2026
The London Art Collective (LAC) is proud to announce the Open Call for “ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere”, the sixth edition of its annual international contemporary art exhibition. The exhibition will take place at Saatchi Gallery, London, from 2 to 9 October 2026. The exhibition invites artists from around the world to jointly explore how different “perspectives” shape our understanding of the world.
This year’s exhibition, “ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere”, invites artists from around the world to respond to the theme of perspective, exploring how different cultural backgrounds, lived experiences and social contexts shape the ways we understand the world, and to foster exchange and interaction across geography, culture and identity through contemporary art.
“ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere” does not seek a single, unified answer. It understands perspective as a continuously evolving process—each way of seeing is influenced by personal cultural backgrounds, lived experiences and other factors, and continues to evolve through ongoing exchanges of ideas and dialogue. Therefore, the exhibition focuses on how these perspectives respond to and influence one another within the same space, generating new understandings through exchange: when numerous partial perspectives come together, what new landscapes might become visible? Artists from diverse backgrounds will respond to contemporary society through different artistic practices and distinctive visual languages, offering diverse and open-ended responses.
“ArtEvol 2026: A View from Everywhere” is curated by Nelson Qin, organised by the London Art Collective (LAC), and selected by an international jury composed of curators, artists, critics and scholars. The exhibition will focus on artistic practices that respond to this year’s curatorial theme while reflecting independent creative thinking, with the aim of building an open, diverse and continuously evolving exhibition space through the exchange and response of different perspectives.
Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, King’s Road, London, SW3 4RY
02 October – 09 October 2026
ArtEvol is open to individual artists and artist collectives who meet the following criteria:
• We welcome submissions from individual artists and collectives of all nationalities. We encourage diverse voices and practices across all disciplines and geographies.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older by the application deadline.
• Artworks can be existing pieces, but we encourage you to submit new artworks.
• We understand some artists may face barriers to participation due to factors such as disability, gender, age, or ethnic background.
London Art Collective welcomes applications from all artists, and especially encourages those from marginalised communities.
If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at contact@londonartcollective.com
• The strength, clarity and exploratory nature of the artist’s practice;
• A distinctive cultural, social or personal perspective;
• The work’s potential to create dialogue across career stages, generations and cultural backgrounds.
Submissions are open to all media and forms of artistic expression, including but not limited to:
Painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, photography, video, sound, performance, text-based art, textile, and digital media.
ArtEvol welcomes artists at every stage of their careers, from emerging voices to established practitioners. By bringing together dierent generations, experiences and perspectives, “A View from Everywhere” aims to create a richer and more open view of contemporary art.
Every submission will be carefully considered; however, due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to provide individual feedback.
Open Call Period: 20 July–10 September 2026
Final Deadline: 10 September 2026 (23:59 BST)
Submission Portal: opencall.londonartcollective.com/artevol2026
For full exhibition details and submission guidelines, please click here.