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Sponsorship at the National Portrait Gallery
Above left: The Gallery is a stunning setting for sponsor events
Above centre: Burberry sponsored the successful David Hockney Portraits
Above right: Sponsor's Private View reception in the Contemporary Galleries

The advantages of doing business at the National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery is a creative, stimulating and stylish place to do business. Our Gallery is a successful blend of traditional and contemporary, with a selection of permanent and temporary exhibits to interest every visitor.

Companies that sponsor with us use our spaces and our marketing and media networks for their own business needs, be it projecting their brand to our visitors, getting messages out to the press, client entertainment, staff away-days, or business briefings.

Bringing your business to our Gallery means taking your staff, clients and customers to a new, refreshing space that inspires and educates - helping you to do business better.

Current Sponsors

The BP Portrait Award is the most prestigious portrait competition in the world, promoting the very best in contemporary portrait painting. BP also sponsor two additional awards; BP Young Artist Award for the work of an entrant aged between 18 - 30 and the BP Travel Award.

 
London co-sponsor of Annie Leibovitz: A Photographers Life 1990 - 2005

 
London co-sponsor of Annie Leibovitz: A Photographers Life 1990 - 2005. Gap were also co-sponsor of Face of Fashion in 2007.

 
Law Firm Herbert Smith have been Spring Season sponsor since 2007. Previous projects that the firm have sponsored include Cecil Beaton Portraits in 2004, and Lee Miller Portraits in 2005.  In addition they were Gallery's Anniversary Partner in 2006.

 
Title sponsor of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize from 2008. Previous projects that the firm have sponsored include, The World's Most Photographed in 2005 and Face of Fashion in 2007.
Recent Sponsors
Blackberry Sponsor of Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings exhibition in 2008
Burberry Burberry was sponsor of David Hockney Portraits in 2007 and Vanity Fair Portraits in 2008
Lehman Brothers        Sponsor of Pop Art Portraits in 2007.

Getting involved

The Gallery knows from experience that no two sponsors' aims and needs are the same.

Exhibitions sponsors work closely with the Gallery's Development team, including marketing, press and events specialists, to build a tailored sponsorship programme that meets their business needs.

Our sponsored exhibitions have received critical acclaim and high visitor figures. Please don't hesitate to get in contact to find out more about forthcoming sponsorship opportunities.


For further information, please contact:

Lottie Wake
Head of Corporate Development
Tel: 020 7312 2487
BT's Type Talk: 18001
lwake@npg.org.uk


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