The competition was set up to be populist. In its current introspective mood, though, it risks pushing away the publicThe Turner prize this year is not about celebrating, or creating, big names in the British art scene. Instead, the shortlist exhibitio…
Turner prize 2021; Summer Exhibition 2021 review – there can be no winner
Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry; Royal Academy, LondonSocial activism not art is the benchmark of a collective-juggling Turner prize. And Yinka Shonibare begins to shake things up at art’s annual pro-am fixtureFirst! That is the exultant boast for this y…
Turner prize 2021 review – lashings of creativity in a collectivist clash
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry The decision to have only artists collectives nominated has resulted in a show that ranges from a recreation of a 1980s Northern Irish gay bar to pretentious prattling about fishCelebrating the creativity of peo…
Turner prize 2021: a collective effort to make art radical again
Pickled cows and unmade beds: the art award has always challenged convention. But in 2021 it is going further, by abolishing individual artists altogetherThe Turner prize has given us some great characters. Grayson Perry was a little-known alternative …
Cuts to art subjects funding ‘walk us back 60 years’, says artist Helen Cammock
UK’s decision to slash subsidy is designed to stifle criticism from artists, Turner prize winner saysThe Turner prize-winning artist Helen Cammock has condemned the government’s decision to halve higher education funding for some arts subjects, calling…