Feb 22, 2022
National Portrait Gallery's BP sponsorship to end
Energy giant BP's sponsorship of the National Portrait Gallery is to end, following years of protests against the funding. BP has backed the gallery's prestigious portrait prize for more than 30 years. National Portrait Gallery director Nicholas Cullinan said he was "Hugely grateful to BP for its long-term support" of the award. BP executive Louise Kingham said on Tuesday: "We are immensely proud of our role in championing British arts and culture for over 30 years, but the BP of today is a very different company from when we first started our partnership with the National Portrait Gallery." The National Portrait Gallery's portrait award is arguably the world's most prestigious such prize.
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