The Turner Prize is a contemporary art award that was set up in 1984 to celebrate new developments in contemporary art.
The prize is awarded each year to 'a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding'.
- Posters from the Turner Prize 1984–2008
Turner Prize 2011
The Turner Prize 2011 exhibition will be held at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.
The shortlisted artists are:
Karla Black
Martin Boyce
Hilary Lloyd
George Shaw
The members of the Turner Prize 2011 jury are:
Chair: Penelope Curtis, Director Tate Britain
Katrina Brown, Director, The Common Guild, Glasgow
Vasif Kortun, SALT, Istanbul
Nadia Schneider, Freelance Curator
Godfrey Worsdale, Director, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
The Turner Prize Year by Year
Follow the twists and turns over the last quarter century as the Prize has developed and grown in stature. Check the shortlists, jurors and all the winners. Find out what happened to the 1990 Prize. Remember the key events in international news every year from 1984 to 2004.
Follow the Turner Prize Year by Year
Twenty Years of the Turner Prize: 1984-2004
What is the Turner Prize for? How much is it worth? Would Turner have approved? What did the government Minister say? Read an overview of the first twenty years of the Prize
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