Landscape Artist of the Year returns to Sky for its 11th series on January 14. Hosted once again by Stephen Mangan, Sky Arts’ long-running competition, mixes artistic endeavour with leisurely location-hopping, as a fresh cohort of painters attempt to capture some of Britain’s most recognisable vistas.
This year also brings a new face to the judging panel: Eva Langret, Director of Frieze London, joins returning judges Tai Shan Schierenberg and Kathleen Soriano.
The series opens out across a thoughtfully chosen itinerary that feels as much like a slow-travel wish list as a painting challenge…
As ever, the real stars are the locations. The series opens out across a thoughtfully chosen itinerary that feels as much like a slow-travel wish list as a painting challenge.
Dover Castle provides a suitably dramatic starting point, its chalk cliffs and commanding views across the Channel offering artists a lesson in scale and atmosphere. Just down the road, Dover Ferry Port delivers a more industrial coastal scene, where ships, water and movement create a very different kind of seaside subject.
Further north, the Lake District supplies its familiar combination of soft light, layered hills and reflective waters, territory that has tempted painters for centuries, though rarely with a stopwatch ticking. In London, the show takes a varied approach: artists sketch the Thames from aboard HMS Wellington, offering a river-level view of the capital, before decamping to St James’s Park, where pelicans, plane trees and passing office workers lend a pastoral calm to the city centre.
Elsewhere, the Ouse Valley Viaduct in West Sussex brings Victorian engineering into the frame, its sweeping arches cutting across open countryside. In Scotland, the Falkirk Wheel offers something altogether more modern, a feat of design that challenges artists to reconcile function with form.
Each episode sees eight selected artists and up to 50 wildcard entrants working side by side, hoping their interpretation catches the judges’ attention. Heat winners progress through to the semi-final and final, with the eventual prize being a £10,000 commission to paint Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland’s holy mountain and a fittingly dramatic destination for the 2026 title holder.
Landscape Artist of the Year airs weekly on Sky Arts, Freeview Channel 36 and streaming service NOW from January 14.
Barcelona is preparing to celebrate a major milestone in the long history of the Sagrada Família, with the completion of its central towers, including the Tower of Jesus Christ. The project fulfils a key part of Antoni Gaudí’s original vision and establishes the basilica as the tallest of its kind in the world. The occasion…
It’s dusk on the western coast of Mauritius, and I’m standing on my private villa terrace watching something extraordinary unfold above me. Huge fruit bats, with wingspans wider than you’d ever imagine, are gliding silently from the trees as darkness settles across the gardens, cutting shapes against the sky. I haven’t moved for fifteen minutes.…
The White Lotus has officially checked into the French Riviera for its fourth season, with filming now under way across Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Monaco. For a series that has made a habit of turning luxury destinations into characters in their own right, the Côte d’Azur feels like an especially inspired next stop. Season four will…
The Luxe Review 
Landscape Artist of the Year returns to Sky for its 11th series on January 14. Hosted once again by Stephen Mangan, Sky Arts’ long-running competition, mixes artistic endeavour with leisurely location-hopping, as a fresh cohort of painters attempt to capture some of Britain’s most recognisable vistas.
This year also brings a new face to the judging panel: Eva Langret, Director of Frieze London, joins returning judges Tai Shan Schierenberg and Kathleen Soriano.
As ever, the real stars are the locations. The series opens out across a thoughtfully chosen itinerary that feels as much like a slow-travel wish list as a painting challenge.
Dover Castle provides a suitably dramatic starting point, its chalk cliffs and commanding views across the Channel offering artists a lesson in scale and atmosphere. Just down the road, Dover Ferry Port delivers a more industrial coastal scene, where ships, water and movement create a very different kind of seaside subject.
Further north, the Lake District supplies its familiar combination of soft light, layered hills and reflective waters, territory that has tempted painters for centuries, though rarely with a stopwatch ticking. In London, the show takes a varied approach: artists sketch the Thames from aboard HMS Wellington, offering a river-level view of the capital, before decamping to St James’s Park, where pelicans, plane trees and passing office workers lend a pastoral calm to the city centre.
Elsewhere, the Ouse Valley Viaduct in West Sussex brings Victorian engineering into the frame, its sweeping arches cutting across open countryside. In Scotland, the Falkirk Wheel offers something altogether more modern, a feat of design that challenges artists to reconcile function with form.
Each episode sees eight selected artists and up to 50 wildcard entrants working side by side, hoping their interpretation catches the judges’ attention. Heat winners progress through to the semi-final and final, with the eventual prize being a £10,000 commission to paint Croagh Patrick in County Mayo, Ireland’s holy mountain and a fittingly dramatic destination for the 2026 title holder.
Landscape Artist of the Year airs weekly on Sky Arts, Freeview Channel 36 and streaming service NOW from January 14.
This luxury Barcelona hotel is the place to stay for the Sagrada Família Tower opening
Barcelona is preparing to celebrate a major milestone in the long history of the Sagrada Família, with the completion of its central towers, including the Tower of Jesus Christ. The project fulfils a key part of Antoni Gaudí’s original vision and establishes the basilica as the tallest of its kind in the world. The occasion…
Maradiva Villas, Mauritius review: I checked into the most luxurious private resort in Mauritius – where privacy, giant bats and the finest food on the island await
It’s dusk on the western coast of Mauritius, and I’m standing on my private villa terrace watching something extraordinary unfold above me. Huge fruit bats, with wingspans wider than you’d ever imagine, are gliding silently from the trees as darkness settles across the gardens, cutting shapes against the sky. I haven’t moved for fifteen minutes.…
The White Lotus checks into French Riviera for a fourth season: here’s where you’ll be staying
The White Lotus has officially checked into the French Riviera for its fourth season, with filming now under way across Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Monaco. For a series that has made a habit of turning luxury destinations into characters in their own right, the Côte d’Azur feels like an especially inspired next stop. Season four will…
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