REJECTS 2026: A Celebration of Artworks Overlooked by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Now in its fourth year and previously featured in The BBC, The Guardian, and The Art Newspaper, REJECTS is back in June 2026 with a brand-new line-up of artists and artworks that didn’t make it into the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Each year around 18,000 artists apply to the RA, but only about 1,500 make the cut.
Housed in a 19th-century bakery on Notting Hill's iconic Portobello Road, this year’s exhibition provides a defiant spotlight for some of these brilliant, overlooked paintings, sculptures, photographs, textiles and mixed media.
Please register for your complimentary tickets here
Join us for the private views on Thursday 18th June and Friday 19th June, 5 – 9pm
Or pop in during the day from 19 – 28th June at The Bakery Art Gallery 82D Portobello Rd, London W11 2QD
11am-6pm everyday, and 10am-6pm on the Saturdays
Whether you're an art collector or just art-curious, Art Friend welcomes everyone to the gallery. So you can decide for yourselves: did the judges make the right decision? Come be the critic and see which artworks make your cut. And if you really love a REJECT, you can buy it and take it home with you, as all the artwork on display is for sale.
