Turner Prize

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Tate Britain , the usual venue for the awards ceremony

The Turner Prize ( German  Turner Prize ) is a British art prize named after the painter William Turner (1775-1851) , which is awarded annually to a "British artist". Artists of non-British nationality who work predominantly in the United Kingdom and artists of British nationality who work worldwide can qualify . The prize is worth £ 40,000 (£ 25,000 for the winner and £ 5,000 each for the other nominated artists, as of 2019).

The award ceremony is organized by the Tate Gallery in London . The jury , which changes annually, is international and made up of proven art experts, who select the winner from a shortlist of currently four nominated artists or artist collectives. The art-interested public is entitled to suggest an artist on the Tate Gallery website each year. The jury selects the nominees from their own nominations as well as from those of the audience.

The award is now considered the most important art award in Great Britain. The handover usually takes place at Tate Britain . Deviating from this, the supporting events in the Museum Turner Contemporary and the evening award ceremony in the Dreamland amusement park were held in 2019 , both are in Margate . For the first time in the history of the award, all four nominated artists shared the victory. The jury found their joint request worthy of a prize not to choose a single winner in order to set an example for the cohesion of people, against splitting and isolation in a time of crisis.

The Turner Prize was first awarded in 1984 and founded by the group "Patrons of New Art" under the direction of Alan Bowness . The group wanted to stimulate wider interest in contemporary art and help London's Tate Gallery acquire new works. The Turner Prize was created as the equivalent of the Booker Prize for the United Kingdom's Fine Arts. From 1991 to 2016, the maximum age of the award winners was limited to 50 years in order to focus on introducing work by emerging artists. The lifting of the age limit recognizes that artists of any age can experience a breakthrough in their work.

Award winners and nominees

year Award winners Other nominees
1984 Malcolm Morley
1985 Howard Hodgkin
1986 Gilbert & George
1987 Richard Deacon
1988 Tony Cragg
1989 Richard Long

No shortlist, recommended ( commended ):

1990 Prize not awarded
1991 Anish Kapoor
1992 Grenville Davey
1993 Rachel Whiteread
1994 Antony Gormley
1995 Damien Hirst
1996 Douglas Gordon
1997 Gillian Wearing
1998 Chris Ofili
1999 Steve McQueen
2000 Wolfgang Tillmans
2001 Martin Creed
2002 Keith Tyson
2003 Grayson Perry
2004 Jeremy Deller
2005 Simon Starling
2006 Tomma Abts
2007 Mark Wallinger
2008 Mark Leckey
2009 Richard Wright
2010 Susan Philipsz
2011 Martin Boyce
2012 Elizabeth Price
2013 Laure Prouvost
2014 Duncan Campbell
2015 Assemble
2016 Helen Marten
2017 Lubaina Himid
2018 Charlotte Prodger
2019 Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Helen Cammock
Oscar Murillo
Tai Shani

All nominated artists were awarded.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ In 2000, Wolfgang Tillmans was the first photographer ever to receive the award.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c What is the Turner Prize? In: tate.org.uk. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Catrin Lorch: A doll is only human. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 27, 2019, accessed December 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2019/12/02/turner-prize-2019-winner-announcement-celebrations-at-turner-contemporary-and-dreamland/
  4. ↑ https://www.thenational.scot/news/uk-news/18077615.turner-prize-shared-four-shortlisted-artists/
  5. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50631998