Every year, a committee selected by the Tate chooses four finalists, whose work is exhibited before a winner is announced at a gala ceremony. This year, there is controversy again, with the announcement Tuesday that all four finalists had been awarded the prize jointly. And to make things even more interesting, that decision came after the finalists — Oscar Murillo, Tai Shani, Helen Cammock and Lawrence Abu Hamdan — petitioned the jury to award the prize collectively. Or is it a devolution of the Turner into a “participation award,” as one writer asked on Twitter? Turner Prize officials say that this year’s decision isn’t meant as a precedent.

Source: Washington Post December 04, 2019 23:48 UTC