Guild Hall Members Show Springs Eternal

T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month, but that was 15 years before the first of Guild Hall’s 79 Artist Members exhibitions, which, at least for the award winners, are anything but cruel. This year’s iteration, which will include works by more than 400 artists, will open on Saturday and continue through June 3.

The winner of top honors will receive a solo show in the museum’s Spiga Gallery. Awards will also be given for best representational painting, best abstract painting, best sculpture, best work on paper, best mixed media, and best photograph, with numerous honorable mention citations. Other honors include the $250 Catherine and Theo Hios landscape award and an award to one artist who is new to the exhibition or who has not entered in the past five years.

This year’s judge is Ruba Katrib, curator at the SculptureCenter in Long Island City. Ms. Katrib will be curatorial advisor for London’s Frieze Focus fair in October and is part of the creative team for the Carnegie International exhibition in 2018.

A private reception for Guild Hall members, guests, and press will take place Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m.