12/08/2026
What’s the point of art?? Comment ‘RUSKIN’ to enter your work to the 9th Ruskin Prize, ‘Not for Present Delight’ 🙌
This year’s theme invites artists, designers and craftspeople to question the role of the maker today. We did a bit of a deep dive through the archive of incredible Ruskin Prize shortlisted works from over the years and it got us thinking…
What IS the point of art? Should it be beautiful, functional, provocative? Should it make us look closer? Should it make us feel something??
Let us know what you think below ⬇️💭
Artworks featured:
1: Wenjun Jiang Wenjun Jiang, ‘Bon Appétit!’
2: Benedict Hughes , ‘50 vegetarians’
3: Lisa Earley Lisa Earley, ‘Vanitas’, photo credit: Jonathan Dredge
4: Isobel Scarsbrook isobel scarsbrook, ‘England’
5: Sarah Casey Sarah Casey, ‘Weather Eye’
6: Cas Campbell Cas Campbell, ‘Camerae’
7: Joanne Lamb J o a n n e L a m b, ‘Lúnasa Group’
8: Chris Shaw Hughes Chris Shaw Hughes, ‘Gaza - Welcome Home’
9: Lena Heinrich LENA HEINRICH, ‘Taxonomy of a Straw Bundle’