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
News
The four artists nominated for Turner Prize 2009 are Enrico David, Roger Hiorns, Lucy Skaer and Richard Wright.
Turner Prize 2009 exhibition will be at Tate Britain 6 October 2009 to 3 January 2010.
The judges for the Turner Prize 2009 are Mariella Frostrup, Charles Esche, Jonathan Jones and Andrea Schlieker.
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.
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Twenty Years of the Turner Prize
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