3 September 2008
Nina Murdoch wins the first £25,000 Threadneedle Figurative Prize
Artist Nina Murdoch, 38, has won the £25,000 Threadneedle Figurative Prize for her luminous study of a derelict corner of South London, Untitled, a work that transforms the mundane into something sublime. The Prize was awarded on the evening of Wednesday 3 September by Lauren Laverne (host of BBC2's The Culture Show), following a public vote held online and at the Mall Galleries.

Threadneedle Figurative Prize Factsheet

1 August 2008
Inaugural Threadneedle Figurative Prize off to flying start
£25,000 Threadneedle Figurative Prize is the largest art prize voted by the public in the UK.
Vote begins on 19th August and closes 12 noon on 3 September 2008

11 July 2008
Fifth selector and new partner sponsor announced for major British figurative art prize
Brian Sewell, prize-winning art critic and broadcaster, has joined the selection panel for the Threadneedle Figurative Prize.
Threadneedle is the Mall Galleries' principal sponsor, and is delighted that JPMorgan has agreed to become a Partner Sponsor to this major new showcase for contemporary figurative art.

27 March 2008
Mall Galleries introduce public vote to select winner of the Threadneedle Figurative Prize
Unlike the Turner Prize or the commission for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth, the winner of the valuable new £25,000 Threadneedle Figurative Prize will be decided by a public vote. “We have the courage to stand behind the public’s choice”, states Lewis McNaught, Director of the Mall Galleries.