Paula Rego

Paula Rego's accolades reflect a career that reshaped figurative art. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010, elected a Royal Academician, and honoured by Portugal with the Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry. Her work is held in Tate, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other major collections. In 2021 the BBC called her a candidate for Britain's greatest living artist, and her posthumous exhibitions continue to draw record audiences.