Art at Glyndebourne
Tour Art Competition
2019’s Tour Art Competition challenges new artists to submit an artwork based on the theme of ‘Lost and Found’
Visual arts have always been an integral part of Glyndebourne on and off the stage and the annual Tour Art Competition, which has been running since 2013, offers a platform for new artists to raise their profile.
2019’s Tour Art Competition challenges new artists to submit an artwork based on the theme of ‘Lost and Found’.
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Lost and Found: our theme for 2019
The theme for this year’s competition is ‘Lost and Found’, a common thread in the three operas on tour in 2019. In Verdi’s masterpiece Rigoletto, the Duke’s jester loses his innocent daughter Gilda to his master, and his revenge leads to tragic results. The hero of Handel’s Rinaldo must come to the rescue of his beloved Almirena who has been kidnapped by a wicked sorceress. In Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, Nemorino is losing in his fight for Adina’s affections against his rival, the dashing soldier Belcore, until a magic love potion offers hope.
the winner of 2019’s tour art competition is tom Faber with the digital print composition after Saint Anthony. congratulations to all the shortlisted entries which will be on display at our tour art exhibition this autumn.
Winner
Second prize
Third prize
Shortlisted entries
Self Care by Omar Crenshaw
Elixir of time by Dennis Esteves
