David Stewart Wins Taylor Wessing Photography Prize 2015

David Stewart Wins Taylor Wessing Photography Prize 2015

David Stewart has won the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize for 2015, for a portrait of his daughter sitting at a table with four of her friends. The winning portrait Five Girls 2014 shows the photographer’s daughter with four close friends and mirrors a photograph he...
Sir Anthony Van Dyck Portrait Accepted In Lieu Of Tax

Sir Anthony Van Dyck Portrait Accepted In Lieu Of Tax

Arts Council England has announced the acceptance in lieu of inheritance tax of a painting by Sir Anthony Van Dyck of his close friend Olivia Porter. This exceptional portrait which has been allocated to The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, is a major...