Congratulations to Wim Heldens from Amsterdam who has won the BP Portrait Award 2011 with his painting of Jeroen at the age of 25 entitled Distracted (title link). Second Prize went to my favourite Holly, painted by Louis Smith. The Young Artist award went to 28-year-old New Yorker Sertan Saltan. CLICK to view all the shortlisted entries. The exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London opens on 16 June and runs until 18 September. Admission is free.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
BP Portrait Winner
Congratulations to Wim Heldens from Amsterdam who has won the BP Portrait Award 2011 with his painting of Jeroen at the age of 25 entitled Distracted (title link). Second Prize went to my favourite Holly, painted by Louis Smith. The Young Artist award went to 28-year-old New Yorker Sertan Saltan. CLICK to view all the shortlisted entries. The exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London opens on 16 June and runs until 18 September. Admission is free.
Latest Bio-graphic
For some reason best known to itself, the Telegraph online is celebrating the latest graphic-novel biography of the rich and famous to emerge from the Canadian publisher Bluewater Productions Inc. You'll remember I showed you its comic on Michelle Obama in 2009 (CLICK). That sold out, by the way. The latest 32-page biography is Steve Jobs: Co-Founder of Apple, which goes on sale on August 24. Some of the portraits on the front covers are very good (title link). But stuff the rich and famous! Let's hear it for eco-warriors.
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