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Season 6 – Portrait Artist of the Year

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Artists are getting their time in the spotlight with "Portrait Artist of the Year." An esteemed panel of judges travel across Europe in search of the brightest star in the art world. Each episode features a regional competition and contestants are challenged to produce a portrait of one of three famous sitters, the judges select who moves onto the semifinal. When three are remaining, the finalists will have their work displayed in the world-famous National Portrait Gallery in London and the winner will receive a $10,000 commission to become a permanent part of the British Library. Such famous sitters that are featured are Sir Ian McKellen, Sophie Turner, Sophie Dahl, Maisie Williams, Julian Fellowes, Alan Cumming, among so many more.
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Alison Rowat The Herald (Scotland) 10/26/2020
Portrait Artist of the Year flew by in sixty minutes of loveliness rather than luvvieness. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Roselyn V Nov 3 Season after season you encounter a main issue: the judges just don’t seem to be able to have a broader perspective or a fair assessment of actual talent. They like what they like which is a very narrow spectrum of possibilities, and/or want to choose whatever they “haven’t chosen before”, or some kind of “variety” for the final, and literally ignore the best work, to the point of making such controversial choices that the backlash in some point was so large that they had to bring an eliminated contestant back. The show is such a cool concept and such talented artists are coming in to participate, but literally since season 4 is in great need of a change. It would greatly benefit from switching at least a couple of the judges around to bring fresh perspectives and choices. The winner of season 6 was just one of the most boring bodies of work probably chosen on the competition as the final winner against 2 others that were full of magic, all because Kate seemed obsessed with this artist. And now watching season 7, on second episode, the chosen artist just made what I call “children wall doodles” with color pencils. Not bad but against 2 other artist that created amazing art work it’s just a frustrating choice. At this point it’s exhausting to see their silly and forced choices, but I also can perfectly predict who they’re going to pick next. Honestly don’t want to keep wasting my time watching anymore seasons. I would recommend you don’t waste your time either unless you can really detach yourself from the easily predictable and frustrating outcomes and just enjoy the beautiful art that usually doesn’t get to go into semifinals or finals. See more Read all reviews
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Joan Bakewell

Host

Stephen Mangan

Host

Nile Rodgers

Guest

Kate Bryan

Self

Elaine Paige

Guest

Lemn Sissay

Guest

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jan 21, 2020 Asa Butterfield, Micky Flanagan, Anjli Mohindra Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 2 Aired Jan 28, 2020 Trevor Nelson, Noel Clarke, Ashley Roberts Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 4, 2020 Len Goodman, Tinie Tempah, Harriet Walter Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 11, 2020 Asim Chaudhry, Russell Tovey, Doreen Mantle Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 5 Aired Feb 18, 2020 John Cooper Clarke, Fearne Cotton, Haydn Gwynne Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 6 Aired Feb 25, 2020 Ricky Wilson, Adrian Dunbar, Zawe Ashton Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 3, 2020 Ken Stott, Mike Leigh, Lydia Leonard Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 10, 2020 Deborah Findlay, Wunmi Mosaku, Omid Djalili Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 9 Aired Mar 17, 2020 Elaine Paige Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 10 Aired Mar 24, 2020 Lemn Sissay Artists from across the U.K. and Ireland compete in a battle of skill as they attempt to produce portraits of famous sitters; the winner will receive a £10,000 prize, along with their winning portrait being hung in a famous cultural institution. Details Episode 11 Aired Mar 24, 2020 Nile Rodgers Our Portrait Artist of the Year embarks on their commission to paint music icon Nile Rodgers. Details

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Portrait Artist of the Year — Season 6

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Season Info

Network
SKYART1
Genre
Special Interest, Reality
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jan 21, 2020