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'Leviathan Edge' - a partial skeleton of a sperm whale by artist Lucy ...

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The Man Booker Prize shortlisted authors Foulds, Mantel, Byatt and ...

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'Leviathan Edge' - a partial skeleton of a sperm whale by artist Lucy ...

Adrian Searle plunges in and picks his winner Tate curators explain what's behind the artwork in the 2009 Turner prize Link to this video Much is always expected of the Turner prize show, and critics and the public alike give more weight to the exhibition itself than to the endeavours that have led the...

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Richard Wright late addition to Turner Prize proves too diverting

News Source: Times Online | about 1 month ago

Turner skewered his arch rival John Constable 177 years ago with a wickedly simple act of artistic sabotage involving the last-minute addition of a dollop of red paint. Now history has repeated itself in the battle for the annual contemporary art...
The Turner prize trinity

News Source: Guardian Unlimited | about 1 month ago

Adrian Searle plunges in and picks his winner Tate curators explain what's behind the artwork in the 2009 Turner prize Link to this video Much is always expected of the Turner prize show, and critics and the public alike give more weight to the...
Brains and skulls: Turner prize cooks up unholy stew

News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago

Lucy Skaer's sperm whale installation, Leviathan Edge (2009), on show at Tate Britain. Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex Features The dust from an atomised passenger-jet engine; freeze-dried cow brain; the skull of a sperm whale; the face of Kenneth...
Turner Prize shortlist unveiled

News Source: The independent | about 1 month ago

Wall markings by Richard Wright from the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain A whale's skull, a heap of dust made up of the remains of a jet engine and a workman's naked backside are among the artworks featuring in a display by this year's...
Tom Lubbock: Turner Prize shortlist announced

News Source: The Independent | about 1 month ago

Wall markings by Richard Wright from the Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain The job of the Turner Prize jury isn’t just to come up with four lively and upcoming artists. They’ve also got to come up with four reasonably distinct ones. These...
Turner Prize: thought provoking, not shocking

News Source: Times Online | about 1 month ago

As she examines the interplay between the real object and its representation, between the detail and the whole, she encourages the visitor to peer, pry and peep. Her contribution may feel decidedly bitty, but as you puzzle and ponder and try to put...