Portrait Artist of the Year: 2019 Exhibition Tour & 2020 Semi-Final

This is about

• where you can see an exhibition of portraits painted during the Portrait Artist of the Year 2019 competition by the Heat Winners and Finalists - which is touring the UK during April, May and June
• how to see the Semi-Final for Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 (I'm going!)

Portrait Artist of the Year: 2019 Exhibition Tour

If you've been following the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2019, you'll doubtless be interested in seeing the exhibition which is at the following venues

April

• Clarendon Gallery 46 Dover Street, London, W1S 4FF - until Wednesday 24th April 2019 (Monday - Saturday 9.00am - 6.00pm; Sunday Closed) - you'll need to query Easter Monday with them direct. They ask you to register your interest to attend the exhibition at skyartsportrait@clarendonfineart.com - but I think they're only concerned about numbers.

May

Thereafter, exhibitions are limited to 2 days at weekends - so be sure to make a date in your diaries!

• Whitewall Gallery, Nottingham 4-5th May
• Whitewall Gallery, Newbury 11-12th May
• Whitewall Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon 25-26th May

June

• Whitewall Gallery Chester 8-9th June
• Whitewall Gallery, Lichfield 22nd-23rd June

They do in fact have Galleries further north than Chester and Nottingham but the tour does not extend that far

Portrait Artist of the Year 2020: Semi-Final

At the end of this month - on 30th April 2019 - you can see the Semi-Final of the Portrait Artist of the Year 2020 - in which all the Heat Winners will be participating.

The image above tells you what you need to know - and 

• this is the link to find out more
• The PAOTY Trek to Battersea Arts Centre (i.e. where it is and how to get there - allow 10 minutes for the uphill walk from Clapham Junction)

DO NOT GO if you don't want to know who won which Heat - before it is televised! 

I know some of you don't like unexpected surprises!

I can however tell you that I watched every episode of the Heats for 2019 even though I already knew who was in the Final - because I watched it last June! It didn't make any difference whatsoever to my enjoyment of watching the programmes - including the Semi-Final.