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The London Sculpture Prize 2026 is an international award for contemporary sculpture, with a £5,000 first prize and a finalists’ exhibition of 37 sculptures in the Rothschild Rooms at Gunnersbury Park Museum, London, from 17 to 22 November 2026.
Sculptor Isabel H Langtry, Principal of Hampstead School of Art, founded the London Sculpture Prize, which was first awarded at the Wollombi Sculpture Festival in New South Wales, Australia, in 2024 and moved to London in 2025.
Specialist guest judges select the finalists. Industry partners and sponsors fund many additional £1,000 prizes, including the PACK & SEND Prize Hammersmith. PACK & SEND, the shipping specialist, has been an industry partner of the London Sculpture Prize since the 2025 London edition. The 2026 edition is the third year of the London Sculpture Prize and the second held in London.
The official exhibition flyer describes the award as “bringing together a diverse range of sculptural traditions & personal expressions” and pitches the finalists’ exhibition at collectors and art lovers who want to discover new contemporary sculptural voices.
Isabel H Langtry is Principal of Hampstead School of Art, a charity with a 75-year history. In an interview with Zealous published on 17 November 2025, Langtry summed up the thinking behind the prize: “I do not believe in competition; the more creative centres and opportunities there are, the better this is for people.”
The London Sculpture Prize 2026 exhibition is open from Wednesday 18 November to Sunday 22 November 2026, 10am to 4.30pm daily, in the Rothschild Rooms at Gunnersbury Park Museum, Popes Lane, London W3 8LQ.
A private view opens the London Sculpture Prize 2026 on Tuesday 17 November 2026 from 6pm to 8.30pm, with tickets sold through londonsculptureprize.com.
The award ceremony and the exhibition take place at the same venue. At the 2025 London Sculpture Prize, the winner was announced at the opening evening on 25 November 2025, in front of more than 200 guests.
The 2026 finalists’ exhibition shows 37 sculptures chosen by specialist guest judges, up from 34 works in 2025, giving collectors five public days to see every finalist in person.
London Sculpture Prize 2026: key details
| Detail | London Sculpture Prize 2026 |
|---|---|
| Private view | Tuesday 17 November 2026, 6pm–8.30pm (ticketed) |
| Public exhibition | Wednesday 18 to Sunday 22 November 2026, 10am–4.30pm daily |
| Venue | Rothschild Rooms, Gunnersbury Park Museum, Popes Lane, London W3 8LQ |
| Sculptures on show | 37, selected by specialist guest judges |
| First prize | £5,000 |
| Other prizes | Many additional £1,000 prizes from industry partners and sponsors, including the PACK & SEND Prize Hammersmith |
| Tickets and updates | londonsculptureprize.com · Instagram @london_sculpture_prize |
Check londonsculptureprize.com for daytime admission details and any late changes before travelling to Gunnersbury Park Museum.
The London Sculpture Prize 2026 awards £5,000 to the first-prize winner, plus many additional £1,000 prizes presented by industry partners and sponsors. Supporters named on the 2026 exhibition flyer include Sir Frank Bowling and Lady Rachel Scott Bowling, and the flyer carries the PACK & SEND Prize Hammersmith badge.
The 2025 London Sculpture Prize used the same structure: £5,000 for the winner plus ten awards of £1,000, according to Ealing News (30 November 2025). Marco Paniz, a sculptor based in Zurich, won the 2025 first prize for Madame Gênée. PACK & SEND funded a £1,000 partner prize in 2025. Zealous (17 November 2025) describes the London Sculpture Prize as a not-for-profit initiative that aims to put money directly into sculptors’ pockets.
London Sculpture Prize by year
| Year | Where | Works shown | Prizes | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wollombi Sculpture Festival, New South Wales, Australia | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| 2025 | Rothschild Rooms, Gunnersbury Park Museum, London | 34 | £5,000 first prize + ten £1,000 awards | Marco Paniz, Madame Gênée |
| 2026 | Rothschild Rooms, Gunnersbury Park Museum, London | 37 | £5,000 first prize + many £1,000 prizes | Announced November 2026 |
Stone and metal dominate the London Sculpture Prize 2026 submissions catalogue: 20 of its 30 works are made wholly or partly from marble, alabaster, Bath stone, bronze, steel or other metals.
Seven works use stone, seven use steel, five use bronze, four use clay or ceramic and four use wood, alongside single pieces in paperboard, household waste, and pewter with glass. Listed prices in the catalogue run from £1,300 for Garden XIV by John Bunker to £18,000 for The Watchers by Abdollah Nafisi, with a median of £4,000, and 19 of the 30 works are priced at £5,000 or less.
Most pieces are table-top scale: 26 of the 29 works with confirmed dimensions measure 70cm or less on their longest side. The submissions catalogue covers 30 works. The full finalists’ exhibition at Gunnersbury Park Museum shows 37 sculptures. Dimensions are height × width × depth in centimetres, as listed by the London Sculpture Prize.
London Sculpture Prize 2026 submissions catalogue: artists, works, materials and prices
| Artist | Work | Materials | Dimensions (cm) | Listed price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdollah Nafisi | The Watchers | Steel, oak, acrylic | 200 × 150 × 50 | £18,000 |
| Aleksandr K | Memory Lane | Pewter, glass | 20 × 30 × 10 | £5,000 |
| Arabella Brooke | Four Women | Bronze, oak | 60 × 40 × 18 | £4,500 |
| Ben Barbour | Aspects of Interiority | Lime wood | 16 × 19 × 7 | £2,400 |
| Charis Smith | To Be a Duck | Marble | 40 × 14 × 16 | £4,000 |
| Clare Palmer | Myriad | Stoneware | 40 × 35 × 20 | £4,000 |
| David Millidge | The Twins | Ceramic | 45 × 28 × 28 | £2,000 |
| Gabriel Rivera-Romano | Uncertainty and Hope | Mixed media | 49 × 39 × 28 | £3,600 |
| Germán Labbé Castillo | Los Dioses | Steel | TBC | £12,000 |
| Herbert Nouwens | Open Campanile | Steel | 88 × 11 × 16 | £3,000 |
| Jan Eric Visser | Untitled 2024 | Household waste | 51 × 41 × 40 | £3,800 |
| Jess Wallace | Tess Waiting | Bronze | 17 × 22 × 15 | £6,550 |
| John Atkin | Heirloom | Bronze | 42 × 26 × 26 | £6,000 |
| John Bunker | Garden XIV | Mixed media | 32 × 24 × 27 | £1,300 |
| Juan Carlos Alvarez Flores | Character | Metal, cement | 80 × 25 × 17 | £2,500 |
| Katharina Mörth | To be, or not to be | Marble | 43 × 31 × 18 | £3,500 |
| Kazunobu Nakamura | Stone Creates Space | Paperboard | 20 × 40 × 34 | £12,000 |
| Leo Johnson | Eaten of Worms | Beech | 42 × 20 × 20 | £5,000 |
| Michel Dufresne | Entassement I | Alabaster | 46 × 22 × 22 | £2,000 |
| Patricia Barker | Point of Balance | Bath stone | 22 × 44 × 22 | £1,800 |
| Patricia Volk | Swoop | Clay, MDF | 42 × 30 × 30 | £2,250 |
| Petre Virgiliu Mogosanu | Existence | Carrara marble | 15 × 47 × 25 | £11,000 |
| Philip Spelman | Cyan Forest | Steel | 50 × 35 × 20 | £3,500 |
| Piotr Twardowski | Powerhouse | Steel | 52 × 43 × 40 | £13,500 |
| Richard Stone | Sentinel | Marble | 33 × 15 × 18 | £12,000 |
| Sabine Seum | Forever | Marble, steel | 68 × 26 × 30 | £5,400 |
| Simona Pesce | Between Anvil and Hammer | Mild steel | 24 × 11 × 6.5 | £1,450 |
| Stella Zadros | Emergence | Clay | 38 × 43 × 34 | £8,600 |
| Thomas Merrett | Figure with Trees | Bronze | 16 × 28 × 14 | £3,025 |
| Tim Shaw | Raven I | Bronze | 30 × 30 × 30 | £7,500 |
The range of materials is wide. The Watchers by Abdollah Nafisi combines steel, oak and acrylic at 200 × 150 × 50cm.
Between Anvil and Hammer by Simona Pesce is a mild steel piece of 24 × 11 × 6.5cm. Untitled 2024 by Jan Eric Visser is made from household waste. Stone Creates Space by Kazunobu Nakamura is made from paperboard and listed at £12,000.
PACK & SEND partners with the London Sculpture Prize because sculpture is one of the hardest artforms to ship: heavy, irregular in shape, often fragile and frequently crossing borders to reach an exhibition. The 2026 submissions catalogue shows the challenge, with 20 of 30 works made partly or wholly from stone or metal and 12 using breakable marble, alabaster, Bath stone, clay, ceramic or glass.
PACK & SEND has supported artists, curators and institutions with art shipping for more than 30 years. For the 2025 London Sculpture Prize, PACK & SEND negotiated a dedicated shipping rate for entering artists and funded a £1,000 partner prize.
The PACK & SEND Hammersmith team also handled the complex import of the winning sculpture by Zurich-based Marco Paniz. Entries to the first London edition came from around the world, including Vietnam, Australia, Canada, Italy and Spain. Isabel H Langtry described the response as “phenomenally popular”. Langtry has trusted PACK & SEND for years.
You can read how it started in our launch article on the London Sculpture Prize (7 January 2026). The sponsorship sits alongside PACK & SEND’s art shipping service for artists, galleries and exhibitions. That service covers made-to-measure crating, worldwide delivery by road, air or sea, customs paperwork and specialist shipping warranty cover.
To ship a sculpture safely, pack it in a made-to-measure crate with shock-absorbing cushioning, secure it so it cannot move or tip, cover it for loss and damage, and book transport around the exhibition’s delivery window. A safe sculpture shipment follows six steps:
PACK & SEND handles steps 3 to 6 for artists and galleries, by road, air or sea.
Stone is dense and can crack at thin points such as necks, limbs and edges. Seven works in the London Sculpture Prize 2026 submissions catalogue use stone, including Existence by Petre Virgiliu Mogosanu in Carrara marble and Point of Balance by Patricia Barker in Bath stone.
Ship stone in a crate rather than a cardboard box, rest the heaviest face on the crate base and pad every contact point.
Bronze and steel take knocks better than stone, but they are heavy and their surface finishes scratch. Wrap patinated or polished surfaces before adding cushioning. Brace any projecting element, because a long arm or blade concentrates force at its joint if the crate is dropped.
Ceramic, clay and glass break most easily. Four works in the 2026 catalogue use clay or ceramic, and Memory Lane by Aleksandr K combines pewter with glass. Suspend fragile pieces in cushioning so that no surface touches the crate wall.
Exhibitions run to fixed installation windows. Book collection with enough margin for crating, transit and customs, and confirm the venue’s delivery hours in advance. PACK & SEND schedules art shipments around exhibition deadlines and installation windows.
Collectors who buy a work at the London Sculpture Prize 2026 can ask PACK & SEND Hammersmith for a quote to pack and deliver it, in the UK or overseas.
Sculptor Isabel H Langtry, Principal of Hampstead School of Art, founded the London Sculpture Prize. The prize was first awarded at the Wollombi Sculpture Festival in New South Wales, Australia, in 2024 and moved to Gunnersbury Park Museum, London, in 2025.
The London Sculpture Prize 2026 finalists’ exhibition is in the Rothschild Rooms at Gunnersbury Park Museum, Popes Lane, London W3 8LQ. The private view runs from 6pm to 8.30pm on 17 November 2026. The public exhibition runs 10am to 4.30pm daily from 18 to 22 November 2026.
The London Sculpture Prize 2026 first prize is £5,000. Industry partners and sponsors, including PACK & SEND, Sir Frank Bowling and Lady Rachel Scott Bowling, add many further £1,000 prizes.
Marco Paniz, a sculptor based in Zurich, won the 2025 London Sculpture Prize for Madame Gênée. The award was presented at Gunnersbury Park Museum on 25 November 2025. PACK & SEND Hammersmith handled the import of the winning sculpture.
Yes. The London Sculpture Prize is an international award. Entries to the 2025 London edition came from countries including Vietnam, Australia, Canada, Italy and Spain, and the 2025 winner is based in Zurich. Entry details for future years are published on londonsculptureprize.com.
Works in the London Sculpture Prize 2026 submissions catalogue are listed at £1,300 to £18,000, with a median price of £4,000. Of the 30 catalogued works, 19 are priced at £5,000 or less.
Yes. PACK & SEND packs, crates and ships sculpture in the UK and worldwide by road, air or sea, with specialist shipping warranty cover available. Call 0333 090 0088 or request a quote from PACK & SEND Hammersmith.
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