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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026 at The Portrait Gallery Managed to catch this show before it closed on the 7th of Oct 2026. Love seeing contemporary artists at work and providing their take on a particular subject matter. The field shortlisted for the prize is exceptional. This annual award is a visual treat. Image 1 - What’s Mine is Yours. By Chloe Cox. Oil on canvas, 2024 Image 2 - Mark. By Lizet Dingemans Oil on board, 2025 Image 3 - After the Rain, We Remain. By Shinji Ihara. Oil on canvas, 2026 Image 4 - The Waves. By Thomas Ehretsmann. Acrylic on aluminium, 2025 Image 5 - Fiona. By Paul Benney. Oil on canvas, 2025 Image 6 - Turning Thirteen. By Frances Bell. Oil on canvas, 2025 Image 6.5- detail of image 6 Image 7 - The Age of Adolescence. By Ros Koch. Oil on board, 2024 Image 8 - Matthew. By Angela Classi. Oil on aluminium, 2025 Image 9 - Jean-Denis. By Marc Dalessio. Oil on linen, 2025 Image 10 - Tayo Aluko. By Steve Caldwell. Acrylic on board, 2026 Image 11 - Her - in Her Twenties (1964). By Yejin Oh. Oil on canvas, 2026 Image 12 - Nest. By Rosie Phillips Oil on linen, 2024 Image 13 - detail on image 12. #portraiture #contemporaryart #emotionalresonance #people #capturingmemories
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It’s great to see the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award back at the National Portrait Gallery. It’s so import that portraiture is supported and promoted in this way. It’s an always a high light and it’s a stunning show this year. It was a particular pleasure to see my fellow @thecbpp members doing so well. @nationalportraitgallery #herbertsmithfreehillskramerportraitaward #hsfkportraitaward #nationalportraitgallery #npg
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@paulbenneystudios is a fascinating artist, and it was incredibly special to have around Alexandros. A big part of his work sits naturally between myth, portraiture, darkness, spirituality and storytelling. That apocryphal quality contributed immensely to the theatrical experience as another character in the play. The figures felt almost like characters emerging from another world in this case the dimension of Alexandros’s historical reality fusing with the mythology, dreams and imagination.#storytelling #art #alexandrostheplay #performingarts #mythology The play was presented on February 2, 3 & 4, 2023.
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Over 500 theatre lovers attended the world premiere of Alexandros: Between Dreams and Imagination at the British Library on February 2, 3 & 4 2023. The three sold-out performances marked the beginning of the play’s international tour. Based on a modern epic poem by Greek playwright Stamatis Filippoulis, Alexandros: Between Dreams and Imagination is inspired by stories around legendary Macedonian king Alexander the Great and his hunger for knowledge and search for the true meaning of ‘greatness’. The play is an invitation to re-imagine the personality of the statesman through the eyes of his tutor, the philosopher Aristotle, and reflect on his mortality and fragility. In this contemporary adaptation, the old is intertwined with modern references, making Alexander’s life relevant to today’s context. Art by Paul Benney contributed to a mesmerising, apocryphal effect and music by Greek composer Stamatis Spanoudakis lifted words and visual poetry. The seven-strong cast, which included award-winning Peter Marinker as Aristotle and Moon Dogs’ Jack Parry-Jones as Alexandros, performed the staged readings at the magnificent Entrance Hall of the British Library. Exceptional performances by Clara Onyemere, Susan Aderin, Victor Oshin, Andreane Rellou, Jamie Zubairi under the direction of #disherlock. The stories came to life also thanks to @stamatis.spanoudakis incredible music and art by @paulbenneystudios #alexanderthegreat #theatre #epicpoetry #storytelling
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I nearly didn’t post this because it’s incomplete. I’m grumpy. I’m rambling. I hadn’t had all the coffee yet. And I don’t really reach a conclusion. But… Yesterday morning I was supposed to be at Buckingham Palace. @paulbenneystudios had kindly invited a few of us into the State Rooms, before anyone else was there, to see the Royal Collection and his portrait of Queen Camilla. Hence the VERY early start. Except I didn’t go. My kid is sick. My husband is away again with work. I’m grateful for the hours and hours and hours he puts in for us and our family (without him we’d be renting a one bedroom somewhere) but there wasn’t another adult in the house to say WOE IS ME to, so apparently I said it to all of you instead. And yes, I know. Sick child trumps Buckingham Palace. Obviously. Every time. I am his mother and I want to be here with him. But two things can be true all at once. Because there is a motherhood tax. And I don’t just mean the enormous, measurable financial one. I mean the accumulation of all the things you don’t go to. The meeting you cancel, dinners where you might have met someone but hadn’t slept in days so didn’t make it, the conversation about a potential gig that happens without you, the openings, the breakfasts, the trips, the opportunity you bail on because somebody has to stay home. And yesterday I felt it. Which somehow, while talking about portraiture and Queen Camilla, sent me down another rabbit hole: did she ever experience the motherhood tax? What does it look like at completely different levels of privilege? Does money make it disappear, or just change its shape? I don’t know. As I said: incomplete thoughts. I sat on this Reel all day because it felt a bit too whingey and a bit too unresolved. But it’s now day two of the aforementioned sick kid. And I’m cancelling other things again. And 😠 dear reader, I’ve been parenting for 14 years. And it is STILL hard. So I’m posting it. Because sometimes there isn’t a clever conclusion. Sometimes you miss Buckingham Palace and feel sorry for yourself for a minute. It’s hard out here Mom. You’re doing great. It’s okay. And hi. Good morning folks.
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Last few days to vote for the Visitiors’ Choice Award and to stand a chance to WIN something for yourself I’ve made a little reel to try and capture some of my favourites (but they are all SO good I confess it’s taken me the better part of three months the myself to choose a single favourite out of so many goodies!) Here’s wishing all my fellow exhibitors the best of luck. You’re all LOVELY humans and I feel like my prize has already been ‘won’ by meeting you all 🤗 Vote via the link in my bio ☝🏻or by visiting @nationalportraitgallery website directly
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My conversation with @paulbenneystudios is full of anecdotes, insights, warmth and humour covering the extraordinary life of one of our most talented yet humble creatives today. Not to be missed! Search ‘Bandwidth Conversations’ on your chosen podcast app to hear the full conversation.
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@paulbenneystudios, contemporary artist, portraitist, musician and thinker, provides some invaluable advice to aspiring creatives. Search ‘Bandwidth Conversations’ on your chosen podcast app to hear the full conversation.
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@paulbenneystudios tells the hilarious story of what happened once when he was painting Queen Elizabeth. Listen to hear more anecdotes like this and to hear Paul’s empowering journey and story. Search ‘Bandwidth Conversations’ on your chosen podcast app to hear the full conversation!
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I’m excited to share with you my conversation with the eminent contemporary artist, portraitist, musician and thinker, @paulbenneystudios. Paul’s artwork spans genres from Neo-Expressionism to Photorealism. His award-winning paintings are represented in major public collections around the world, including @metmuseum in New York, @nationalgalleryaus, @nationalportraitgallery in London and even The Throne Room of Buckingham Palace. His portraits and contemporary works have been featured across television, radio and documentary programmes on all major international networks, earning him a reputation as one of the most distinguished contemporary artists working today. Yet his creativity extends far beyond the canvas. A lifelong musician, he has recently written and released an album, Tree of Ghosts, adding another dimension to an already remarkable artistic journey. This conversation is full of anecdotes, insights, warmth and humour covering the extraordinary life of one of our most talented yet humble creatives today. Not to be missed! Bandwidth Conversations is proudly sponsored by @kliraworld. Search ‘Bandwidth Conversations’ on your chosen podcast app to hear the full episode!
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David Cooper @headshaveholeshaveheads 2026 Group exhibition 'BE AWARE OF INVISIBILITY' Curated by @headshaveholeshaveheads @galleryhole #gutug EXHIBITING ARTISTS Renata Adela @renataadelastudio Simon Bedwell Paul Benney @paulbenneystudios Anna Blom Charlie Boothright Glenn Brown @glennbrownofficial Lee Cameron David Cooper Aruân Daneo Lima Santos Cristiano Di Martino Amy Marie Gladding Nicholas Ikin Bill Jackson @billjacksonfoto Harry Kincade Abigail Lane Lana Locke Jane Morter Bhanita Mistry Russell Jacopo Naccarato Sian O'Keeffe Richard Oliver Emanuele Resce Philip Robbins Daniel Ruffles @danielianphotography Moussa David Saleh Rebecca Scott Estelle Simpson Sue Skeen Angus Stewart @gustaphus Bernardo Tirabosco Mathew Weir Emma J Withers Rowe and Williams @roweandwilliams Mark Woods LOCATION Unit 4 Station works Darsham Station Main Road Suffolk IP17 3PL OPEN Friday and Saturday 11am to 2pm And by appointment
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