Toronto Film Festival

Scottish National Portrait Gallery portrait

I am truly honoured to tell you the above portrait of me by Christian Hook now hangs at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.

Christian won the Portrait Artist of the Year award, and the competition was filmed by Sky Arts and shown in the UK, including the final episode when I went to Edinburgh for the unveiling. It is a huge honour to be in the SNPG,. especially painted by someone I admire so much, and someone with whom I got to know and collaborated with.  I am wearing a kilt that is made of the official YES Campaign for Independence tartan, and by my side is a jar of Honey in honour of my dog who died last summer.

The portrait below is a gift to me from Christian.  Then you can see them both in his studio.

And now here's a video of one of the sessions Christian and I had on the stage of Studio 54 in NYC, when he came to meet me and begin the process of the portrait.

Portrait sketch of Alan Cumming to Maria Callas's 'La Wally'

And finally, a little film of us talking on the night of the unveiling in Edinburgh...

Actor Alan Cumming and artist Christian Hook discuss the process of creating a new portrait of Cumming for the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Hook was awarded the title of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014, following a nationwide competition.

Throughout 2014, the search for Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year took place across the UK and Ireland. Over ten months, a number of shortlisted artists were invited to produce portraits of well-known sitters during six regional heats.

Talk Shows

To promote my book, Not MY Father's Son, and also The Good Wife and Cabaret, I did a lot of pres this year. 

Here I am on BBC World's Hard Talk