National Portrait Gallery Sheds BP Judge
May 4 2020
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The National Portrait Gallery in London has announced that BP will no longer be represented on the judging panel of its prestigious portrait award. It seems that this was in response to protests from pressure groups demanding that the gallery should end all links with the oil company. (pictured) This position on the gallery's judging panel was usually taken up by BP's head of art culture and sport Des Violaris.
Readers might remember that in 2019 the NPG turned down a £1m grant from the Sackler Trust on what seemed to be similarly ethical grounds.
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