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 …