The prestigious Turner Prize for art has been awarded to — everyone. Usually the Turner Prize winner receives 25,000 pounds ($32,000) and the runners-up $5,000. Turner, the award was founded in 1984 and helped make stars of potter Grayson Perry, shark pickler Damien Hirst and ”12 Years a Slave“ director Steve McQueen. Farquharson said the Turner Prize had “broken the mold” before, with recent winners and nominees including architects and human-rights researchers. He said innovating had “kept the Turner Prize dynamic and surprising and not ossified.”“I don’t think it would have had that long history had it not evolved, had it not surprised us,” he said.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 04, 2019 21:11 UTC