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Line 11: ==Background== The prize was named after Turner, because, though he is now considered one of the country's greatest artists, when he was active, his work was controversial.<ref name=origin>{{cite web |url= http://www.tramway.org/blog/Pages/A-brief-history-of-the-Turner-Prize.aspx|title=A brief history of the Turner Prize |date=6 July 2015 |publisher=tramway.org |access-date=6 July 2016}}</ref> While he is now looked at as a traditionalist, his new approach to landscape painting changed the course of art history, as many of the Turner Prize winners aspire to do.<ref name=origin/> Each year after the announcement of the four nominees and during the build-up to the announcement of the winner, the Prize receives intense attention from the media. Much of this attention is critical and the question is often asked, "Is this art?"<ref name=art1>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/547310.stm "Head to Head: Turner Prize — Is It Art?"] BBC, 2 December 1999. Retrieved 22 March 2006.</ref><ref name=art2>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/2380393.stm "Turner Prize: Is It Art?"] BBC, 4 November 2002. Retrieved 22 March 2006.</ref> Line 34: ===1984=== [[Malcolm Morley]] is awarded the inaugural Turner Prize for his installation of two oil-on-canvas paintings inspired by a trip to Greece. ===1985=== Line 46: ===1988=== Sculpture artist [[Tony Cragg]] is awarded the prize by [[Alan Yentob]]. Other nominees included figurative/portrait painter [[Lucian Freud]], Pop artist [[Richard Hamilton (artist)|Richard Hamilton]], [[Richard Long (artist)|Richard Long]], [[David Mach]] (graduate of [[Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art]]), printer Boyd Webb, sculptor [[Alison Wilding]] and [[Richard Wilson (sculptor)|Richard Wilson]]. The appointment of Tate Director ===1989=== Sculpture and installation artist [[Richard Long (artist)|Richard Long]] is presented the prize after three previous nominations. Controversially, Long is awarded for his lifetime body of work rather than an exhibition of work in 1989. Other nominees included painter [[Gillian Ayres]], figurative painter [[Lucian Freud]], ===1990=== Line 55: ===1991=== [[Anish Kapoor]] received the prize for an untitled piece in sandstone and pigment. Other nominees included abstract painters [[Ian Davenport (artist)|Ian Davenport]], [[Fiona Rae]] and sculptor [[Rachel Whiteread]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Turner Prize 1991 – Exhibition at Tate Britain |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/turner-prize-1991 |website=Tate}}</ref> ===1992=== Line 168: [[Mark Leckey]] was the winner of the Turner Prize of 2008. For the second year running, Sir Nicholas Serota did not chair the Turner Prize jury; instead Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain, was the chair. The other members were Jennifer Higgie, editor of ''[[Frieze (magazine)|frieze]]'', Daniel Birnbaum, rector of the [[Städelschule]] international art academy, Frankfurt, architect [[David Adjaye]], and Suzanne Cotter, senior curator, [[Modern Art Oxford]].<ref name=gayford>Gayford, Martin. [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=atked90EZ9lw&refer=home "Leckey, Wilkes, Islam, Macuga on U.K. Turner Prize Shortlist "] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081019212913/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088 |date=19 October 2008 }}, bloomberg.com, 13 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.</ref> The prize winner received £25,000 and the other three nominees £5,000 each. In recent years the prize has attracted commercial sponsorship, but did not have any during the 2008 events.<ref name=gayford/> The nominees were [[Runa Islam]], [[Mark Leckey]], [[Goshka Macuga]], and [[Cathy Wilkes]]; the Prize exhibition opened at Tate Britain on 30 September and the winner was announced on 1 December.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080706021217/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3922864.ece "Tate courts controversy with Turner Prize shortlist"], ''[[The Times]]'', 14 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.</ref> ===2009=== Line 229: ===2021===
===2022=== On 12 April 2022, it was announced that the nominees for the prize were [[Heather Phillipson]], [[Ingrid Pollard]], [[Veronica Ryan]], and [[Sin Wai Kin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-61078208|title=Turner Prize 2022: Trafalgar Square whipped cream artist among nominees|publisher=BBC News|date=12 Apr 2022|access-date=12 Apr 2022}}</ref> ===2023=== [[Jesse Darling]] won the award in 2023, hosted in Eastbourne.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marshall |first1=Alex |title=Turner Prize Goes to Jesse Darling, a Sculptor of Mangled Objects |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/05/arts/design/turner-prize-jesse-darling.html |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref> ===2024=== On 24 April 2024, it was announced that the nominees for the prize were [[Jasleen Kaur]], [[Pio Abad]], [[Claudette Johnson]], and [[Delaine Le Bas]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bakare |first=Lanre |title=Claudette Johnson's art for Cotton Capital nominated for Turner prize |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/apr/24/claudette-johnson-art-cotton-capital-nominated-for-turner-prize |access-date=31 May 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 April 2024}}</ref> ==Public perception== Line 262 ⟶ 268: ==External links== {{Commons category}} *[ *[https://www.theguardian.com/arts/gallery/image/0,8543,-10204774275,00.html 20 years of Turner Prize winners (image gallery)], ''The Guardian'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071208125846/http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/MultimediaStudentProjects/00-01/9704524l/MM%20Project/ Turner Prize, Glasgow University project] Line 287 ⟶ 293: [[Category:Annual events in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Awards with age limits]] [[Category: |