Royal Society of Marine Artists | Annual Exhibition 2025
17 Sep 2025 - 27 Sep 2025 | 10am to 5pm
Admission £6, Free for Friends of Mall Galleries and under 25s. Concessions available. No booking required.
The RSMA 80th Annual Exhibition will feature the very best contemporary maritime and seaworthy works from member artists alongside some of the best talents today selected from an open submission.
We invite you to come along to view the great tradition of British marine art, where all works are available to purchase.
Marine art covers a diverse range of subjects, and marine artists interpret those subjects in many different ways. The Society and its annual exhibition has therefore always represented an enormous variety of work. The common ground is the sea: whatever is on and beneath it. 'We, like so many people, are all of us mad about the sea,' says the RSMA, 'We stand spellbound by the shining water.'
About the Society
In the 1930s, a group of artists were drawn together in a shared passion for painting the sea, ships and all things maritime. In 1937, an exhibition entitled Sea Power took place at the New Burlington Galleries. This led to the formation of the Society of Marine Artists, whose inaugural exhibition opened at the Guildhall Gallery in 1946. In 1966, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II granted the word Royal to be included in its title. Since 1981, RSMA exhibitions have taken place at Mall Galleries.
Zone South East