Dutch Artist Wins BP Portrait Award 2011 for His 17th Picture of a Life-Long Model

06/16/11 Holly by Louis Smith (2nd prize). © Louis Smith. LONDON.- On Tuesday 14 June 2011 the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2011 was announced at the National Portrait Gallery . In a record-breaking year for entries, the prestigious first prize was won by 57-year-old artist Wim Heldens, who has been exhibited twice before in the competition but shortlisted for the first time this year.

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National Portrait Gallery to Unveil New Portrait Photograph of the Queen and Prince Philip

06/28/11 The Queen and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh by Thomas Struth, 2011. ©Royal Household/Thomas Struth. LONDON.- A major new portrait photograph of The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery , London, and unveiled as part of its touring exhibition The Queen: Art & Image, which opens on Saturday 25 June at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.

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World of Sir Roy Strong, curator and art historian

06/23/11 The former director of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum talks to Angela Wintle about his childhood, dressing for success and living at the Laskette in Herefordshire.

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