Turner Prize

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British cultural institution art award

The Turner Prize is a prestigious annual British visual arts award that recognizes outstanding contemporary artists, often sparking public debate and controversy.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Turner Prize canonical	27
1991 Turner Prize	1
2011 Turner Prize	1
2013 Turner Prize	1
Turner Prize (for Jeremy Deller, later recognition of related practice)	1
Turner Prize 1998	1
Turner Prize 2004	1
Turner Prize 2013	1
Turner Prize 2019	1
Turner Prize 2019 (joint winner)	1
Turner Prize exhibition (shortlisted)	1
Turner Prize exhibition 2013	1
Turner Prize film segments	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British cultural institution ⓘ art award ⓘ
aim	increase visibility of contemporary British art ⓘ promote public discussion of contemporary art ⓘ support living artists ⓘ
awardCategory	visual arts ⓘ
awardFor	outstanding contemporary visual art ⓘ
awardType	monetary prize ⓘ
controversy	accusations of elitism ⓘ criticism of conceptual and installation art focus ⓘ debates about definition of art ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	contemporary artists ⓘ primarily artists working in or connected to Britain ⓘ
field	visual arts ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	contemporary art award ⓘ
hasComponent	cash prize for the winner ⓘ public exhibition of shortlisted artists ⓘ shortlist of artists ⓘ smaller awards for shortlisted artists ⓘ
hasEffect	influencing contemporary art discourse in the UK ⓘ raising public profile of contemporary artists ⓘ
hasPart	public exhibition run ⓘ winner announcement event ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
mediaFormat	televised coverage in some years ⓘ
namedAfter	J. M. W. Turner ⓘ J. M. W. Turner ⓘ surface form: Joseph Mallord William Turner
notableFor	controversy ⓘ media attention ⓘ promotion of conceptual art ⓘ public debate ⓘ
notableWinner	Damien Hirst ⓘ Grayson Perry ⓘ Steve McQueen ⓘ Tracey Emin ⓘ Wolfgang Tillmans ⓘ
organizer	Tate ⓘ
presentedBy	Tate Britain ⓘ
selectionProcess	jury of art professionals ⓘ nomination and shortlisting ⓘ
sponsor	Channel 4 ⓘ various corporate sponsors over time ⓘ
targetAudience	art world professionals ⓘ general public ⓘ
typicalVenue	Tate Britain ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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Anish Kapoor → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Anish Kapoor → yearAwarded → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1991 Turner Prize

Damien Hirst → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Jeremy Deller → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Jeremy Deller → nominatedFor → Turner Prize ⓘ

Jeremy Deller → won → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize 2004

Steve McQueen → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Dick Pope → notableWork → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize film segments

Grayson Perry → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Richard Long → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Howard Hodgkin → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Tracey Emin → nominatedFor → Turner Prize ⓘ

Wolfgang Tillmans → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Rachel Whiteread → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Antony Gormley → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Yinka Shonibare → nominatedFor → Turner Prize ⓘ

Gillian Wearing → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Chris Ofili → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Chris Ofili → nominatedFor → Turner Prize ⓘ

Chris Ofili → won → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize 1998

Tony Cragg → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Sam Taylor-Johnson → notableExhibition → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize exhibition (shortlisted)

The Battle of Orgreave → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize (for Jeremy Deller, later recognition of related practice)

Gilbert & George → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Oscar Murillo → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize 2019 (joint winner)

Oscar Murillo → participantIn → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize 2019

Douglas Gordon → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Martin Boyce → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2011 Turner Prize

David Shrigley → notableExhibition → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize exhibition 2013

David Shrigley → nominatedFor → Turner Prize ⓘ

David Shrigley → nominatedIn → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2013 Turner Prize

Simon Starling → notableAward → Turner Prize ⓘ

Simon Starling → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Laure Prouvost → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turner Prize 2013

Gordon Hodgkin → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ

Martin Creed → awardReceived → Turner Prize ⓘ