By Lanre Bakare
Award for Thailand-born artist comes as National Portrait Gallery comes under growing pressure to drop BP as sponsor
A delicate portrait of friends interacting in a Berlin bar by a self-taught artist has won the 2020 BP portrait award, amid intensifying scrutiny of the oil company’s continued sponsorship of one of the most prestigious prizes in the art world.
Jiab Prachakul’s Night Talk was picked as the winner by the judging panel, which, for the first time since 1997, had no representative from BP on it after continued pressure, including criticism from several former Turner Prize winners.
Source: Self-taught artist Jiab Prachakul wins BP portrait award
Category: National Portrait Gallery, BP, Art, Awards and prizes, Art and design, Culture
