Publications

Prizes and awards

By: a-n

A selection of forthcoming open exhibitions, biennales and awards to artists.

BP Portrait Award 2010 Annual event held at The National Portrait Gallery, London and open to everyone aged eighteen and over 'in recognition of the outstanding and innovative work currently being produced by artists working in portraiture'. Works are selected anonymously from original paintings (jurors are not given the names of the artists). In 2009, 1,900 artists submitted their work and the exhibition, which featured sixty paintings, was seen by a record 298,000 people in London alone. A commitment to the work of young artists is also recognised with the inclusion of a special award for entrants aged between eighteen and thirty. All entrants from this age group will automatically be considered for both the BP Young Artist Award and the BP Portrait Award, but an individual cannot win both. Closing date for entries: 14 February www.npg.org.uk/bp British Glass Biennale 2010 With its growing international reputation, British Glass Biennale is the leading showcase for British-based makers. Open to artists, designers and craftspeople working in all areas of contemporary glass practice or using glass as a key design element, the exhibition has a new format being made up...

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