Emerging talent on the line Read the full article online via The Financial Times  The idea for New Blood Art, an online gallery for emerging artists, seeded itself in Sarah Ryan’s mind while she was at art school in the early 1990s. She knew there was an appetite for genuinely affordable artwork, yet she and her […]

The Cost of Integrity Press Release May 2026 Primary Contact: Sarah Ryan (Founder & Curator) Direct Press Reach: sarah@newbloodart.com General Press Enquiries: press@newbloodart.com About New Blood Art Founded in 2004 by Sarah Ryan, New Blood Art is a pioneering independent online gallery dedicated to creating sustainable pathways between emerging UK artists and collectors. The platform […]

On why the commercial and public-interest work must now be separated

The New Blood Art Emerging Art Prize 2026 is now underway, in collaboration with Fine Art departments across the UK. The Prize exists because great artists disappear all the time. Talent alone does not determine whether an artist survives. Some have enough structure around them to continue making work long enough for it to mature; […]