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Who whale win art's Turner Prize?

Updated on 05 October 2009

By Nicholas Glass

The skeleton of a sperm whale, the brain of a cow and the dust from an atomised aircraft engine feature in this year's Turner Prize exhibition.

Turner exhibit

The prize, which is in its 25th year, is given to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or presentation.

Roger Hiorns, best known for turning a derelict council flat into a magical grotto by filling it with blue crystals, is the bookmakers' early favourite to win.

The exhibition opens at Tate Britain in London on Tuesday.

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