Rachel Whiteread: a life in art
6 April 2013 • Mark Westall
‘I’m not into what I call ‘plop’ art. Just putting things in places for the sake of it. They really need a reason for being there’
Tag: Turner Prize
The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible. The prize is awarded at Tate Britain every other year, with various venues outside of London being used in alternate years.
Turner prize winner Elizabeth Price warns against marginalisation of arts
5 December 2012 • Mark Westall
Price criticises introduction of Ebacc and withdrawal of state funding for humanities and arts at universities
The Turner prize has regained its style and importance
3 December 2012 • Mark Westall
This year’s nominees provide a powerful dose of what the avant garde is up to in 2012. If there’s any justice then Luke Fowler or Elizabeth Price will win
Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet?
2 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Immerse yourself in Spartacus Chetwynd’s daft performances, Paul Noble’s filthy drawings, Elizabeth Price’s terrifying video and Luke Fowler’s film about schizophrenia
Ring Your Bell and Join Thousands Of People to Help Create the UK’s Biggest London 2012 Celebration Any Bell. Anyone. Anywhere.
23 July 2012 • Mark Westall
On 27th July 2012, Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as… Read More
Read all about it: how Gilbert & George stole the headlines and made art
8 March 2012 • Mark Westall
Urbane artistic pair pilfered 3,712 newspaper bills from outside London shops to create works now on show at White Cube galleries
Gary Hume: the half-an-hour-a-day man
18 January 2012 • Mark Westall
It’s going to be a big year for Gary Hume. Not bad going for an artist whose creative bursts don’t last long.
Bus-Tops invites Londoners to transform their bus journeys
11 January 2012 • Mark Westall
31 Day Programme’ is an evolving series of messages and motivational challenges. Daily changing animations invite the viewer to reflect on their aspirations and potential, framed in the language of advertising and motivational books
Jeremy Deller, Turner prizewinner, to have Hayward Gallery retrospective
7 December 2011 • Mark Westall
The artist who staged an exhibition in his parents’ house will be showing works old and new – plus some failed projects
Turner prize: the beauty lies in its orchestration
6 December 2011 • Mark Westall
Martin Boyce deserves the award for a beautiful and unexpected installation – his art is a sort of elegy to modernist purity
Gillian Wearing: A nose for the truth
31 August 2011 • Mark Westall
People open up to Gillian Wearing. So the artist made a feature film in which members of the public divulge their innermost secrets – with shocking results
The 54th Venice biennale – review
5 June 2011 • Mark Westall
From rolling news footage to anti-capitalist slogans and the last work of an artist killed by sniper fire, the medium and the message went hand in hand at this year’s biennale
Glasgow-Born Sound Artist Susan Philipsz Wins 2010 Turner Prize for Contemporary Art
7 December 2010 • Mark Westall
Susan Philipsz (cool name) received the £25,000 prize at the Tate Britain in London for her recording of herself singing… Read More
Mark Leckey to win Turner prize Tonight
1 December 2008 • Mark Westall
With just hours to go until tonight’s Turner prize ceremony, the prize is already won, at least according to bookmakers… Read More
