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Turner Prize show opens in London

Artworks by four artists shortlisted for Britain's controversial Turner Prize have gone on display at central London's Tate Britain gallery.

4 vie for British art's contentious Turner Prize

An artist who transformed a condemned apartment into a shimmering crystal cave is among the finalists for Britain's best-known and most controversial art award, the Turner Prize.

Mark Leckey wins Britain's Turner Prize for art

Artist Mark Leckey has won Britain's prestigious Turner Prize for a piece of work that draws in Homer Simpson and the Titanic movie.

4 artists nominated for Britain's Turner Prize

Four artists have been nominated for this year's Turner Prize, awarded annually to a British artist under the age of 50.

Wallinger Wins Britain's Turner Prize

Artist Mark Wallinger won Britain's prestigious Turner Prize Monday for a fiercely anti-war exhibit based on a lone protester's six-year vigil outside British parliament.

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Ao On Site: Banks Violette's "Not Yet Titled" at Team Gallery New York, through June 20th, 2009
Source: artobserved

From May 7th until June 20th, Team Gallery presents new work by artist Banks Violette. Last night, a crowd -among which fellow artists Dash Snow and Matthew Barney- gathered at Team Gallery and Grand Street to take a first look at the work.

It's art, Jim, but not as we know it
Source: theage.com.au

Critics of the Turner prize are used to harrumphing crossly about the absence of painting or drawing from the award's shortlist and condemning a perceived preponderance of video or film work.

The Turner Prize 2008: Sister Wendy and the froth of the new
Source: Telegraph

'Oh that's great fun!" exclaims Sister Wendy Beckett as a muscle-bound young man in vest and short shorts sprints past popular television's favourite art critic in the main exhibition hall of the Tate Britain.

Turner art prize goes to Mark Wallinger
Source: Reuters

LIVERPOOL (Reuters) - Artist Mark Wallinger, famed for re-creating a one-man protest against the Iraq War, won the coveted Turner prize on Monday and pleaded "Bring home the troops." When short-listed for the 25,000 pound award, Wallinger submitted a film of himself dressed as a …

Turner Prize 2007
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The long race to the 2007 Turner Prize began today with the announcement of this year's shortlist of four artists. Here you can view the works of Mark Wallinger, Nathan Coley, Mike Nelson and Zarina Bhimji.

Grayson Perry: Pot luck
Source: Independent.co.uk

Grayson Perry's workshop-cum-studio in Walthamstow, east London, is a complete mess. Every surface has disappeared under a thick layer of white dust.

Turner prize - 'I'm sure they were thinking it was time a woman won'
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The night before, she had won the Turner Prize, but yesterday morning Tomma Abts' composure was such that you wondered how she'd look if she hadn't won. The 38-year-old German painter was pleased by the result, of course. But she didn't think it changed anything.

Turner prize is won by a painter ... and a woman
Source: Guardian Unlimited

There are no flashing lights this year, literally or metaphorically; no scandal, manufactured or otherwise, in the form of elephant dung or pornographic pots.

The tales of television betrayal the Turner nominee is transforming into art
Source: Guardian Unlimited

The Turner prize is always something of a media circus, whether the fuss is about an unmade bed, or a set of lights switching on and off.

Turner prize 2006
Source: Guardian Unlimited

A glimpse of some of the works featured in the 2006 Turner Prize

Turner Prize work goes on display
Source: BBC News

The work of the four artists nominated for this year's Turner Prize has gone on display at Tate Britain in London. Tomma Abts, Phil Collins, Mark Titchner and Rebecca Warren are competing for the accolade, given to outstanding projects by UK artists aged under 50.

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