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Dedicated to self-portraiture the Ruth Borchard Collection is a unique body of British and Irish visual art. It now consists of the Original, Early and Next Generation Collections. Alongside the Collections the Self-Portrait Prize is a biennial art prize that offers artists, of all backgrounds, an opportunity to win the £10,000 Ruth Borchard Prize and have work acquired for the Collection. To celebrate and promote self-portraiture we work with other organisations. To discuss working with us, loan works from the Collection, request images or for press enquiries please contact us.
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What's On
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The Self-Portrait Prize 2021
Exhibition of Long-listed works 17 May - 30 September 2021 The Self-Portrait Prize online exhibition presents the long-list of highly commended self-portraits submitted to the 2021 Prize. The artworks on display have been selected by the 2021 Prize Judging Panel... -
The Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition, 2021
Coventry UK City of Culture 17 May - 29 June 2021 The Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition UK City of Culture Coventry Cathedral -
Self-Portrait Prize on Vortic
A curated selection of short-listed works 17 May - 29 June 2021 The Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition 2021 explores the diverse media and imagery through which contemporary artists represent themselves. Including works by internationally recognised artists, advanced postgraduates and some at the very... -
And the Winner is...
Announcing the 2021 Prize Winner Lucy Jones 16 May - 30 September 2021 -
Ruth Borchard as Collector and Commissioner of Self-Portraits
Association of Art Historians Annual Conference March 1, 2021 Following a recent call for papers Ruth Borchard has been selected as a key point of interest and topic of discussion for the 2021 Association of Art Historians Annual Conference.... -
Sunday Times's Critic's Choice features Ruth Borchard Collection Documentary
December 13, 2020 Sky Arts's documentary about Ruth Borchard and the history of her Collection as told by Kate Bryan, has been featured in The Sunday Times's Critic's Choice. Lauded by Victoria Segal...
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Self-Portrait Prize 2021 Film
Watch as Will Gompertz awards the £10,000 Ruth Borchard Prize May 16, 2021 -
Films, Audio and Publications
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Inside Art: Ruth Borchard Collection
Kate Bryan presents an episode exploring the history and legacy of the Collection -
The Self-Portrait Prize 2019
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Peter Keegan & Laura Boswell interview Dr. Robert Travers
Dr. Robert Travers talks to Peter Keegan and Laura Boswell, founders and presenters of Ask an Artist, about the Collection and Prize. The full fifty minute episode can now be... -
Face to Face
BRITISH SELF-PORTRAITS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In Face to Face: British Self-Portraits in the Twentieth Century, Philip Vann confronts one of the most demanding and revealing of all artistic genres in the process of discussing and...
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