Turner Prize: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

The prize was named after Turner because ~~while~~though he is now considered one of the country's greatest artists, ~~while~~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>