The annual BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait competition in the world, promoting the very best in contemporary portrait painting. From 2372 international entries, the judges selected a final 55 works to be displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in London from 16th June – 18th September 2011.
Among the final works selected is a portrait of hip hop performer Scroobius Pip by my friend Leigh Glover.
Leigh  studied at Oxford Brookes University and Heatherley’s School of Fine Art, London. His work has been in the exhibitions of the Royal …

This exhibtion is drawn from more than 300,000 ‘hidden’ images held at the British Library and shows how the art developed from its invention in 1839 by Louis Dageurre to its commercial usage at the end of the 19th century.

Oscar Wilde by Napoleon Sarony

The collection includes prints, albums, negatives , X-rays as well as the instruments of the era taken from the National Media Museum  including Henry Fox Talbot’s pioneering first camera. The 200 images on show are exhibited in sections taking the viewer through the history and diversity of photography including foreign …

Three Color Curl by Walhead Beshty

New Photography 2009 exhibtion is a display of recent work in photography that attempts to examine and expand the conventional definitions of the medium. Six artists are represented in this installation—Walead Beshty, Daniel Gordon, Leslie Hewitt, Carter Mull, Sterling Ruby, and Sara VanDerBeek. Many of the works are made with everyday materials and objects, as well as images from the Internet, magazines, newspapers, and books. Some of the artists also work in other mediums and their pictures relate to disciplines such as drawing, sculpture, and …

Magnum photographer Jim Goldberg teams up with The Photographer’s Gallery to present a provoking series of polaroids and prints documenting the realities of migration and the conditions for desiring escape.
Open See documents the experiences of people who travel from war torn, socially and economically devastated countries, to make new lives in Europe. They have left often violent, oppressive, poverty-stricken or AIDS ravaged communities, in search of stability and the promise of a better future. Originating from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, these ‘new Europeans’ have met violence …

From traditional landscapes with a modern twist, to spectacular photography, to a “live art” graffiti mural … this year’s Windsor Contemporary Art Fair is set to be a fantastic celebration of all that is best in the contemporary art world. For those wishing to add to their collections, there is work by established artists, respected galleries and some very exciting pieces from emerging artists. A truly stimulating experience for those new to art fairs as well as seasoned art buyers.
 
ART FAIR TIMES
Saturday, 14th Nov 10am – 5pm
Sunday, 15th Nov 10am …

The Saatchi Gallery’s third exhibition – Abstract America : New Paintings and Sculpture – runs until Jan17th 2010 and presents a selection of emerging art from 32  american artists.
The exhibition highlights the ambition and breadth of new ideas being explored by American artists such as Francesco DiMattio and Gedi Sibony, Aaron Young and Agathe Snow from New York, Guerra de la Paz from Miami, and Mark Grotjahn and Sterling Ruby from Los Angeles.