Small is Beautiful - 43rd Edition
Flowers Gallery, London + Online
21 November 2025 - 10 January 2026
Colour Narratives, 2025
Vintage book cloth, 18 x 18 cm
© Katie Mawson, courtesy of Flowers Gallery
By Lamp Light, 2025
Oil on board, 21.5 x 18 cm
© Alexandra Baraitser, courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Circle, two, 2025
Oil on panel, 22.5 x 17 cm
© Adam Taylor, courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Flowers Gallery presents the 43rd edition of their renowned Small is Beautiful exhibition, taking place at the Cork Street gallery and online. Established in 1974, Small is Beautiful invites selected contemporary artists from all disciplines to contribute works with a fixed economy of size, each piece measuring no more than 7 x 9 inches.
Cocoon, 2020
Egg tempura on gesso panel, 24 x 18 cm
© Heidrun Rathgeb, courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Towards Home, 2025
Acrylic on canvas, 20.3 x 20.3 cm
© Ayumi Matsuba, courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Milo wears his Crown, 2025
Gouache, pastel, pen, ink and charcoal
on Fabriano paper, 21 x 16 cm
© Helen Downie, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
An occasion for artists to explore scale in relation to their own practice, since its inception the exhibition has provided a rare opportunity to showcase smaller pieces by internationally-recognised names and discover new talents.Here is a small selection of other works featured in this exhibition:
Faun's Flesh 02, 2016
Blown sculpted glass, hand polished, 14 x 21 x 14 cm
© Maria Koshenkova, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Pezzo, 2025
Wood found Piano keys, hinges, paint, 20 x 19 x 21 cm
© Sheila Vollmer, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Devine, 2020
Ceramic and mixed media, 19 x 14 x 9 cm
© Terence Wilde, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
After Endless, 2025
Oil paint, oil pastel and spray paint
on pigmented gesso panel, 23 x 18 cm
© Sarah Longworth-West, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Fleeting, 2025
Mixed media, 23 x 18 cm
© Monique Lovering, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Birds on Stage 13A, 2022-2023
Photography Hahnemühlen Photo Rag Paper, 21 x 16 cm
© Kristin Schnell, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Split, 2025
Oil on linen, 18.4 x 15.2 cm
© Sue Kennington, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Threads of history that cling to me, 2025
Oil on cradled panel, 18 x 12.5 cm
© Pippa Young, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Boy Fish Kite, 2025
Oil on linen, 22.9 x 17.8 cm
© Jennifer McRae, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
As Day is Equal Night, 2025
Oil on panel, 16 x 12 cm
© Karolina Albricht, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
REALM XVI, 2025
Oil on birch ply, 11 x 16 cm
© Gill Rocca, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery
Small is Beautiful features approximately 140 artists, with notable inclusions from Olivia Bax, Ken Currie, Helen Downie (Unskilled Worker), Elger Esser, Nigel Hall, Maggi Hambling, Claerwen James, Laurence Noga, and Tai Shan Schierenberg, amongst many more.
FLOWERS GALLERY
21 Cork Street, London W1S 3LZ
