BP Portrait Award 2016: Selected Artists

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53 artists out of 2,557 entries from 80 countries have had their portraits selected for the 2016 Annual Exhibition of the BP Portrait Award.

439 (17%) of the original entries made it through to the final judging session at Trinity Buoy Wharf. 
The judges then reduced this number to 209 paintings (8%) and 
the final step was the selection of the final 53 for the exhibition (representing 2% of

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