Episodes
Portrait Artist of the Year: Best Of (S8EP12 Sky Arts Wed 22 Dec 2021)
Highlights of the eighth series of the competition to find the UK’s most talented portrait artist.
Airdate: Wed 22 Dec 2021 at 20:00 on Sky Arts
Season 8 Episode 12
Portrait Artist of the Year is hosted by UK TV personalities Joan Bakewell and Frank Skinner; an esteemed group of judges travel across the Europe in search of a new star in the art world. Each episode features a regional competition where artists are shortlisted and challenged to produce a portrait of one of three famous sitters. At the end of each round, the judges select an artist to go to the semifinal. The finalists will have their work displayed at the world-famous National Portrait Gallery in London and the winner will receive a £10,000 commission to paint a portrait which will become part of the permanent collection at the British Library.
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