JANE STROUD RECOMMENDS

Paul Curtis Camelia, Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives, acrylic and oil, 251⁄4x251⁄4in. (64x64cm)

New English Art Club

The annual New English Art Club exhibition at the Mall Galleries in June provides an opportunity to see paintings by some of the best figurative artists working today, as well as those by aspiring artists selected from open submission, who will be exhibiting alongside them. Around 400 works will be on display, continuing the society’s tradition of painting from direct observation. The exhibition can be seen at the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1, from 15 to 23 June. Leisure Painter readers are offered free entry for two (usual price £4 each) on mentioning the magazine at the gallery desk. For more information telephone 020 7930 6844; www.mallgalleries.org.uk

LONDON

■ Bankside Gallery

48 Hopton Street SE1. 020 7928 7521; www.banksidegallery.com ‘RE Original Prints’, 18 May to 20 June. ‘New Light’: work by emerging and established artists from the north of England, 27 June to 1 July.

■ Ben Uri Gallery

108a Boundary Road, off Abbey Road NW8. 020 7604 3991; www.benuri.org.uk ‘Bomberg’: major new exhibition reassessing the career of David Bomberg, 21 June to 16 September.