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; […]

Sarah Ryan founded New Blood Art in 2004 to create a more direct and sustainable route between emerging artists and collectors.

There’s something very rejuvenating about these mainly abstract works.