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Tue, 14 Jan
|Fee: £40 / Prize: £35,000 + Exhibition
National Portrait Gallery - The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2025
Theme: Portrait. The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award returns for 2025. The prestigious painting competition celebrates the very best in contemporary portraiture and will include captivating works from around the world, by both self-taught and more established painters...
Time & Location
14 Jan 2025, 11:30 pm
Fee: £40 / Prize: £35,000 + Exhibition
About the event
The Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award returns for 2025. The prestigious painting competition celebrates the very best in contemporary portraiture and will include captivating works from around the world, by both self-taught and more established painters.
Since its inception, the long-standing competition has attracted over 40,000 entries from more than 100 countries and has been seen by over 6 million people. Artists demonstrate an impressive range and complexity of skill, with artworks exploring both classical and innovative techniques that show the enduring relevance of portraiture today.