← All opportunities

Prize · Painting

BP / Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award

National Portrait Gallery · United Kingdom

Deadline: January 31, 2027 (190 days left)

United Kingdom£35,000 + commission£35,000

At a glance

Organization
National Portrait Gallery
Category
Prize
Discipline
Painting
Location
United Kingdom
Deadline
January 31, 2027
Funding
£35,000 + commission
Prize
£35,000
Source
curated

About this opportunity

The UK's most prestigious annual portrait painting prize. Open internationally to any portrait painter aged 18+; winner receives £35,000 plus a commissioned portrait for the National Portrait Gallery collection.

Last seen July 25, 2026