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Turner Prize 2017: Who is on the shortlist? What time is the winner announced? How to watch

Four artists hoping to take home the £25,000 prize money

Jack Shepherd
Tuesday 05 December 2017 11:56 GMT
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A woman views artworks by Hurvin Anderson, including 'Peter's Sitters III' (L).
A woman views artworks by Hurvin Anderson, including 'Peter's Sitters III' (L). (AFP/Getty Images)

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The winner of Britain’s most prestigious annual arts award — The Turner Prize — will be announced this evening, marking the first year the under-50 age limit has been lifted.

Rosalind Nashashibi, Lubaina Himid, Hurvin Anderson, and Andrea Buttner are the four artists contending for the award, the winner taking home £25,000 in prize money (the runners-up each get £5,000).

Both Himid, 62, and Anderson, 52, would have previously been ineligible for the award, with all this year's nominees aged over 40. It's a significant move for the award, which previously acquired a reputation for being the preserve of the Young British Artist.

The winner will be announced tonight (5 December) at a ceremony in Hull. The BBC will broadcast the ceremony starting 9.30pm on the BBC News Channel.

Himid's paintings, drawings, and installations make reference to the African diaspora and the slave industry, while Anderson's work explores ideas of identity, as inspired by his Jamaican immigrant parents, often in depictions of Afro-Caribbean barbershops.

Nashashibi, 43, is a film artist and painter known for her 2015 piece entitled 'Electrical Gaza', and Buttner, 45, works across a range of mediums including painting and woodcuts, often dealing with themes of religion and botany.

"The Turner Prize has always championed emerging artists - it has never been a prize for long service but for a memorable presentation of work in that year," said Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain and chairman of the jury.

"Now that its reputation is so firmly established, we want to acknowledge the fact that artists can experience a breakthrough in their work at any age.”

Former winners include Richard Deacon, Damien Hirst, and Howard Hodgkin. An exhibition of the shortlisted artists' work will be held at the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull until the 7 January, 2018.

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