CALL FOR ARTISTS

We’re looking for artists to take part in our upcoming Art Below billboard poster campaigns on the London Underground and to exhibit with us at our gallery in South West London.

Some of the campaigns are scheduled to coincide with various London art fairs and events including: The London Art Fair, The Affordable Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, Frieze London, and various exhibitions at Tate Britain.

Please read the information below and use the form at the bottom of the page to register your interest or apply.

About Art Below

Art Below uses billboard space to showcase art by leading and emerging artists in the London Underground and overseas. The group has nurtured an international community of artistic talent and has displayed the works of thousands of artists including Banksy, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, D*Face, Ben Eine, Alison Jackson, Jake & Dinos Chapman, in London, Tokyo, Berlin and Los Angeles.

Ad Lib Gallery has collaborated with Art Below in 2022 at Regent's Park, in 2023 at Pimlico and Hyde Park Corner, in November 2023 at mutliple London tube stations with exhibition space at Art Fair East, and early in 2024 at Pimlico again (January & Feb-March). You can see an Instagram video reel of our most recent campaign here.

Ad Lib Gallery will be working with Art Below again to display the works of selected artists on billboards at Pimlico & Hyde Park Corner tube stations in June 2024.

Artists participating in the billboard campaign will be invited to exhibit 1-3 artworks during the Summer Show at Ad Lib Gallery in Wimbledon Village, from 13 - 23 June 2024.

Please read the guidelines below for more information and to see the various options available to artists.

Art Below Billboard Posters

Installation date: 3 June 2024, for 2 or 4 weeks.

The following images show the two poster sizes available:

STANDARD SIZE POSTER
H150cm x W100cm

LARGE POSTER
H150cm x W300cm

Your artwork image and artist name will be prominent on the billboard poster(s) and we can include artwork details, a QR code, your website and your social media URL.

Our team will take care of artwork collation, layout, repro & administration, copy approval, amendments, printing and installation of your poster(s).

Professional photos will be taken of the billboard posters in situ at the tube station(s) and these will be sent to the participating artists.

The billboard poster campaign and the gallery exhibition (details below) will be featured and promoted on our website and in our email newsletter and via social media.

13 - 23 June 2024

Each artist can exhibit 1 large artwork (e.g. 100 x 100 cm) or 2/3 smaller pieces, and limited edition prints in a rack. All artworks will be for sale.

We will organise installation, labels, photos of your artwork in the gallery, local PR, sales, delivery of artwork to customers and installation if sold.

The gallery is open 7 days per week, Saturdays and Sundays are usually the busiest days of the week.

Gallery info and photos here: adlib.online/gallery

Prices

Early bird discounts currently available:

Billboard poster & exhibit at Ad Lib Gallery:

• Standard size poster for 2 weeks + exhibit at Ad Lib Gallery: £795 £695

• Large size poster for 2 weeks + exhibit at Ad Lib Gallery: £1595 £1395

Billboard poster only:

• Standard size poster for 2 weeks: £695 £595

• Large size poster for 2 weeks: £1495 £1295

A further discount is available for multiple posters and previous Art Below exhibitors.

Please let us know if you are interested in having your poster(s) on display for 4 weeks using the form below.

Gallery commission on sales:

If you are exhibiting your work at Ad Lib Gallery the commission on sales of your artwork(s) will be 25% for the exhibition period (75% of artwork sales will go to the artist).

APPLY HERE

• Fill in the form below and include your website and instagram URLs.

• Let us know the quantity and size of the poster(s) you would like to apply for.

• Let us know your preferred tube station.

• Tell us if you’d like to exhibit some of your work at Ad Lib Gallery.

We’ll email you back once we have received your message and will then ask you to send 1-3 low res images of your artwork(s) for consideration. We’ll get the artwork for your poster approved by Art Below and will then request payment to secure your place.

We will need a large 300 dpi image of your artwork(s) to finalise the design of your poster. We can check your image files for you and assist with artwork photography at the gallery if required.

Thank you for reading all of the above, we look forward to hearing from you!

Dylan & Mark

Ad Lib Gallery

Let us know if you’re interested in billboard poster space at other London tube stations, or at other times of the year. We are currently accepting applications for Regent’s Park tube station in October 2024 to coincide with Frieze London. Please contact us here for further details.