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The National Portrait Gallery Invites the First Digital Submissions of Entries for the BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2015
by BWW News Desk - Nov 24, 2014

The National Portrait Gallery invites the first digital submissions of entries for the BP Portrait Award from today, making it quicker and easier for artists from across the globe to enter their work for one of the most prestigious art competitions.

German Artist Thomas Ganter Wins the BP PORTRAIT AWARD 2014
by BWW News Desk - Jun 25, 2014

ON TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2014 the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2014 was announced at the National Portrait Gallery. The prestigious first prize - in the 25th anniversary year of the competition - was won by 40-year-old German artist Thomas Ganter, for Man with a Plaid Blanket, a striking portrait of a homeless car-windscreen cleaner.

Married Artists' Paintings to be Featured in National Portrait Gallery's BP PORTRAIT AWARD EXHIBITION, 6/26
by Matt Smith - Jun 2, 2014

For the first time in the 25-year history of the BP Portrait Award a husband and wife have succeeded in having their portraits selected for exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery (26 June - 21 September 2014).