Turner prize 2019

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The Guardian view on arts prizes: a 20th-century phenomenon? | Editorial
Editorial: This year’s Booker and Turner prizes tell us artists and even judges are repudiating the winner-takes-all award. It may be time to find new ways to celebrate the arts

Editorial

15, Dec, 2019 @6:25 PM

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Artists assemble! How collectives took over the art world
They’re principled, they’re powerful and they make the art world jumpy. As the Turner prize is split four ways, we look at how collectives are shaking things up

Oliver Basciano

10, Dec, 2019 @7:00 AM

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Politicians can learn from Turner prize togetherness | Letters
Letters: Readers respond after all four artists shortlisted for the 2019 Turner prize were named winners

Letters

04, Dec, 2019 @5:55 PM

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'It's about solidarity': the artists who hijacked the Turner prize speak out
They asked to be judged as a collective – so all four shortlisted artists won. They explain how our toxic political climate made them take a stand against individualism

Charlotte Higgins

04, Dec, 2019 @3:59 PM

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'Good for them!' – subverting the Turner prize is what artists are meant to do
The four shortlisted artists’ decision to share this year’s winnings could be the upset to end them all

Adrian Searle

03, Dec, 2019 @9:50 PM

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Turner prize awarded four ways after artists' plea to judges
All four nominees made plea to judges to recognise ‘commonality, multiplicity and solidarity’

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

03, Dec, 2019 @9:49 PM

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Silence or death: Turner finalist Lawrence Abu Hamdan on recreating a horrific Syrian jail
Saydnaya prison is a black hole of abuse where inmates are forced into silence on pain of death. The artist reveals how his library of sound effects helped survivors recount their shocking stories

Charlotte Higgins

01, Oct, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Turner prize 2019 review – all aboard Margate’s seaside special
From a wild take on feminism to a study of incarceration – this year’s shortlisted artists focus on a host of social issues

Shahidha Bari

28, Sep, 2019 @2:00 PM

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The Guardian view on the Turner prize: hopes and fears | Editorial
Editorial: In its snapshot of art now, the show offers a lens through which to see our troubled world

Editorial

27, Sep, 2019 @5:25 PM

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Margate gallery blacks out window as it hosts Turner shortlist artists
Turner Contemporary showing works by four artists in running including Oscar Murillo canvas

Mark Brown Arts correspondent

27, Sep, 2019 @5:00 AM

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Turner prize 2019 review: Outrages of our age, in sound, vision and papiermache
Fleeing figures wait, a city cries out for people, Derry women fight for peace, and an earwitness hears tortured Syrians … we give our verdict on this year’s gripping show

Adrian Searle

26, Sep, 2019 @2:48 PM

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Russell Tovey: ‘Art is for everyone. It will change you, it will outlive you’
Contemporary art is the actor’s great passion. Here he discusses his podcast, his collection and advising James Corden on what to buy

Miranda Sawyer

22, Sep, 2019 @9:00 AM

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