This evening, the National Portrait Gallery in London announces the winner of its annual BP Portrait Award. But the celebratory occasion has been overshadowed by an open letter from one of the ...

On Friday, 78 British artists including Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor and Sarah Lucas said they had called on the National Portrait Gallery in London to cut ties with BP, saying its “role in ...

It was announced earlier today that 78 artists have signed onto a letter demanding that the National Portrait Gallery end its relationship with the oil company BP, which has sponsored the museum ...

The spokeswoman adds: “The sponsorship of the Portrait Award by BP is now in its 30th year. This support directly encourages the work of talented artists and helps gain wider recognition for ...

He has participated in the BP Award five times, coming second on three previous occasions. His portrait of his niece Eliza in the style of the 15th-century artist Hans Memling stands out from its ...

Edinburgh-born painter Clara Drummond, a veteran contestant for the BP Portrait Award, has taken home the £30,000 ($44,000) prize in the 2016 edition. She won with a portrait of fellow artist ...

Israeli artist Matan Ben-Cnaan has won this year's BP Portrait Award. The 35-year-old was awarded the £30,000 prize for an allegorical portrait of his friend and step-daughter, titled Annabelle ...

38-year-old Clara Drummond has been awarded the 2016 BP Portrait Award for her work titled Girl In A Liberty Dress. The portrait is of her friend and fellow artist Kirsty Buchanan, who sat for her ...

The BP Portrait Award is an annual event aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work. The BP Portrait Award 2014 exhibition will run at the National Portrait ...

She is a very deserving winner of the 2012 BP Award, which once again demonstrates the vitality of contemporary portrait painting around the world." The second prize went a Spanish artist Ignacio ...

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