Environmental campaigners have successfully persuaded National Galleries Scotland ( NGS ) to end its sponsorship agreement with BP . NGS said that this year 's BP Portrait Award exhibition , scheduled to open on 7 December at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery , would be the last time the event would be held in its present location . NGS follows the Tate , the Edinburgh international festival and the Royal Shakespeare Company in severing its ties with the oil company , placing further pressure on organisations including the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Opera House to follow suit .
Environmental campaigners have successfully persuaded National Galleries Scotland (NGS) to end its sponsorship deal with BP. NGS said that this year's BP Portrait Award exhibition, scheduled to begin on 7 December at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, would be the last time the event would be held in its present form. NGS follows the Tate, the Edinburgh international festival and the Royal Shakespeare Company in severing its ties with the oil company, placing further pressure on organisations including the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Opera House to follow suit.