The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait painting competition in the world and represents the very best in contemporary portrait painting. With a first prize of £35,000 and a total prize fund of £74,000, the Award is aimed at encouraging artists to focus upon and develop portraiture in their work.
It is in its thirty-ninth year at the National Portrait Gallery and twenty-ninth year of sponsorship by BP and continues to be an unmissable highlight of the annual art calendar.
| Duration | 14 June 2018 - 23 September 2018 |
| Times | daily 10-6 Fridays until 9pm |
| Cost | Free |
| Venue | National Portrait Gallery |
| Address | St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE |
| Contact | / archiveenquiry@npg.org.uk / www.npg.org.uk |