New talent and ‘old masters’ will combine for the Royal Automobile Club’s
10th annual Art of Motoring exhibition in October

The Royal Automobile Club today announces its Art of Motoring exhibition will return for a record 10th annual opening at the Iconic Images Gallery in Waterloo Place, London SW1, with a pledge to showcase emerging talent alongside acclaimed and established painters, illustrators and sculptors.

The exhibition will run from Wednesday, 30 October to Saturday, 2 November at the Gallery, which is a few steps away from the Club’s historic clubhouse on Pall Mall. The Royal Automobile Club’s home is by some margin the cradle of motoring art in London, housing a breathtaking collection of historic pieces, regular changes of displays, and commissions of new work.

The exhibition will be free and open to the public, and the majority of the works on show will be offered for sale. Past shows have been attended by celebrity collectors including musician Jools Holland and comedian turned historic racer Rowan Atkinson.

“Over the past nine years The Art of Motoring has grown to be Europe’s most prestigious art show of its type,” said Jeremy Vaughan, Head of Motoring at the Royal Automobile Club. “The Club is once again delighted to be staging a superb display as part of our London Motor Week activities this autumn, leading up to the start of the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.”

The final selection process will take place in early September, with curators Andrew Marriott and Rupert Whyte encouraging artists to submit three works which will be judged for inclusion by an independent panel. This will open up more ‘hanging’ space for new and emerging talent to display their work alongside well-established artists, which this year will again include painters Stefan Johansson, former Formula 1 and Le Mans driver, and Anna-Louise Felstead, creator of the signature artwork for this year’s RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.

Andrew Marriott said: “Our new selection process means we will have up to 30 new spaces available, so we anticipate bringing many talented new artists to motoring art collectors’ attention for the first time. This is an addition to the latest works by big names in our elite founding group of artists. So far, we are expecting as many as 75 submissions this year.

“Britain has an extraordinarily diverse motoring art movement with an unparalleled tradition of creativity and inspiration. We simply aim to foster that.”

For further information, please contact Andrew Marriott, Pit Lane Productions —07836 730012 — or Rupert Whyte, Historic Car Art — sales@historiccarart.net /01332 949997.