Agora Gallery Chelsea NYC

The 38th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition

August 21 - August 28, 2024 |

Reception: August 22, 2024, 6-8 PM

Agora Gallery is pleased to announce The 38th Chelsea International Fine Art Competition Exhibition, the gallery’s annual juried summer showcase, featuring paintings and sculptures in diverse styles and media. Every year the competition provides a select group of artists with the opportunity to showcase their work in the heart of Chelsea, New York’s very own art district. The winners were handpicked among hundreds of international and local applicants by an esteemed panel of jurors. This year the judging committee was comprised of Lydia Matthews, writer, curator, and Professor of Visual Culture at Parsons School of Design, NY; and Shana Nys, art critic, curator, author, and Arts Editor of L.A. Weekly. The exhibition will run from August 21 to August 28, 2024, with an opening reception on Thursday, August 22, 6-8 PM.

Camden Image Gallery London

Camden Image Gallery ( since 2013 ) is located in Camden, London in one of London's most vibrant neighborhoods. The show is a global event entitled “THE HEALING GAZE”. We think your works are a great fit for this project. The Healing Gaze in art implies the therapeutic and transformative potential of visual experiences. It suggests that engaging with art can serve as a healing process, offering emotional, spiritual, or psychological nourishment through the act of perceiving and contemplating visual expressions. It suggests a thoughtful and intentional consideration of how we perceive and interpret visual stimuli, often emphasizing mindfulness and sensitivity in the context of art and visual experiences. Art can harness the healing power within each of us and help bring us into community with one another. When in front of an artwork, we are connected to the artist and to others who have experienced it. And connection, to ourselves and others, is at the core of art and healing.