The latest exhibition by BP Portrait Award winner Mitch Griffiths uses a painting style reminiscent of the Old Masters to illustrate social issues in contemporary Britain.

The BP portrait award at the National Portrait Gallery is an annual exhibition that pulls together portrait artists from around the world. It's a popular show and the works on display are largely ...

Art teacher Peter Monkman wins this year's BP Portrait Award for an oil painting of his 12-year-old daughter, Anna.

An eight-foot high portrait of a naked model handcuffed to a rock has been shortlisted for the National Portrait Gallery's annual art prize.

West Country artist Paul Emsley brings an award-winning portrait to Bath in June, prior to its move to a new owner overseas. Bradford-on-Avon based artist Emsley was the winner of the 2007 BP ...

BP’s long-term support for the Portrait Award directly encourages the work of talented artists across the world.

A 21-year-old student has won a major art award worth £25,000 for a portrait of her grandmother. Charlotte Harris, in her final year of a fine art degree at Leeds Metropolitan University, won the ...

An art teacher who won the £25,000 BP Portrait Award after 13 years of trying is to put the prize into a savings account for his children who model for him.