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BP Portrait Award
The BP Portrait Award is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery (London), National Portrait Gallery in London, England. It is the successor to the John Player Portrait Award. It is the most important portrait prize in the world, and is reputedly one of the most prestigious competitions in contemporary art. History BP, British Petroleum took over sponsorship of the competition in 1989 from John Player & Sons, a tobacco company which had sponsored it from its inception in 1980, and has sponsored it since. The presence of both sponsors has triggered protests, with the group Art Not Oil (part of the international Rising Tide North America, Rising Tide network) being responsible for most of those against BP. In 2016, The Museums Association conducted a formal investigation into BP's sponsorship when Art Not Oil alleged that the company influenced curatorial decisions and used its association with the National Gallery to further its political interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallus Gallus By Stuart Pearson Wright
Gallus may refer to: People *Saint Gall or ''Gallus'' (c. 550 – c. 646), Irish monk *Gallus Anonymus, 12th-century Polish historian *Gallus Mag, 19th-century female bouncer at a New York bar * Georg Gallus (1927–2021), German politician *Chris Gallus (born 1943), Australian politician *Thomas Gallus (c. 1200–1246), French theologian *Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591), Slovene composer *Nicolaus Gallus (c. 1516–1570), German Lutheran Reformer *Sandor Gallus (1907–1996), Australian archaeologist Romans *Constantius Gallus (326–354), junior Roman emperor from 351 to 354 *Cornelius Gallus (c. 70–26 BC), Roman poet, orator and politician *Quintus Roscius Gallus (c. 126–62 BC), Roman actor *Trebonianus Gallus (206–253), Roman emperor Animal-related * ''Gallus'' (genus), a bird genus in the pheasant family *''Gallus'' Lacepède, 1802, a synonym for the fish genus '' Alectis'' *Gallus (constellation), the cockerel, an obsolete constellation Other *''Gallus'', the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |