The Turner Prize returns to Channel 4 with a dedicated half-hour programme hosted by Lauren Laverne, during which the winner of the £40,000 prize fund is announced.
The Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the year preceding 4 April 2011.
The Prize is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art and is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe, with previous winners including Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry and Antony Gormley.
As well as announcing the winner live from the BALTIC in Gateshead, the programme will profile each of the four shortlisted artists, sculptor Karla Black, painter George Shaw, film artist Hilary Lloyd and sculptor Martin Boyce.
Contains flash photography.
-
-
Turner Prize 2011
Mon 05 Dec 2011
The Turner Prize returns to Channel 4 with a dedicated half-hour programme hosted by Lauren Laverne, during which the…
- Contains flash photography
-
MORE:
-
Tate Modern & National Gallery
28 Episodes
Favourite ShowAn educational series that delivers some of the most celebrated examples of art from what are now the most famous and visited galleries of modern and classic art in the world
-
The Genius of British Art
6 Episodes
Favourite ShowSix passionate polemics - delivered by presenters ranging from David Starkey to Janet Street Porter - demonstrate how British art has shaped and forged Britain and British identity
-
Vic Reeves' Turner Prize Moments
1 Episode
Favourite ShowVic Reeves looks back at the controversy, shock and outrage of 20 years of Turner Prize coverage and assesses its impact on the British public's appetite for art
-
In the Best Possible Taste - Grayson Perry
3 Episodes
Favourite ShowArtist Grayson Perry explores British tastes, using his discoveries as inspiration for a work of art
-
Hugh Grant: Taking on the Tabloids
1 Episode
Favourite ShowHugh Grant meets key figures from different sides of the debate surrounding the Leveson Inquiry
-
Alien Investigations
1 Episode
Favourite ShowThis documentary examines four 'alien sightings' from the last five years; were they visitors from other worlds?
-
The Fear
4 Episodes
Favourite ShowPeter Mullan stars as Brighton crime boss turned entrepreneur Richie Beckett in Richard Cottan's powerful four-part drama that chronicles the disintegration of a criminal mind
-
Black Mirror
2 Series, 6 Episodes
Favourite ShowCharlie Brooker, the writer of E4's Dead Set, returns with a suspenseful, satirical three-part mini-series that taps into collective unease about our modern world
-
Big Dance 2012
1 Episode
Favourite ShowWayne McGregor choreographs over 35 dance groups to perform a 40-minute dance piece in Trafalgar Square for the London 2012 Festival
-
A Dance to the Music of Time
4 Episodes
Favourite ShowAn adaptation of Anthony Powell's 12-volume novel sequence - a sharp, comic portrait of upper-class and bohemian England, spanning almost a century, from the early 20s to modern times
-
Better by Design
1 Episode
Favourite ShowMulti-award-winning designers Richard Seymour and Dick Powell rethink malfunctioning everyday objects, from unsound burglar alarms to rubbish kitchen bins
-
One Man Walking
1 Episode
Favourite ShowDance film One Man Walking is a powerful and stylish collision of krump, hip hop, B-boy and parkour, set on the streets of London
-
The Genius of British Art
6 Episodes
Favourite ShowSix passionate polemics - delivered by presenters ranging from David Starkey to Janet Street Porter - demonstrate how British art has shaped and forged Britain and British identity
-
Booked: Stars of Galaxy National Book Awards
6 Episodes
Favourite ShowCelebrity talk show featuring exclusive interviews with the winners of the Galaxy National Book Awards 2011
-
Watercolour Challenge
49 Episodes
Favourite ShowA 49-part series hosted by actress Hannah Gordon, the challenge is to find Britain's best amateur painter and along the way to explore the landscapes of Britain
-
Matt's Old Masters
4 Episodes
Favourite ShowMatt Collings drags the Old Masters out of the rarefied, hallowed atmosphere of the museum, blinking into the light of the 21st century and asks: what do they have to offer us now?
