After Hours - Secret Postcard Auction
6 Nov 2025
Select your tickets:
Join us to celebrate the countdown to the climax of the Secret Postcard Auction!
18:30 - 21:00
What's included in your ticket?
- Explore the postcards in the Kenny Gallery and guess who the artists are - can you grab yourself your own unique piece?
- Have a quick-fire live portrait created by Bristol artist, Alice Dunn Ribeiro (subject to availability).
- Enjoy live music by The Tight Lipped Combo - A swinging four piece playing upbeat 40’s/50’s inspired original, good time sing along compositions that remove sorrow from the soul and fatigue from the limbs - a musical and rhythmic elixir and tonic to reduce the woes of modern life!
- Immerse yourself in over 450 contemporary art pieces as part of our 172nd Annual Open Exhibition.
Gather your friends, grab your tickets and enjoy a Wiper and True beer at the RWA bar (with thanks to Wiper and True for providing their beautiful beer)
Artwork: Kata Végh
The RWA Secret Postcard Auction 2025
24 October - 06 November 2025
Your chance to purchase unique works of art by leading figures from the art world from as little as £40
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