The winner of this year’s prestigious Turner Prize will be announced live on Channel 4 tonight.
The work of the four nominees have been on display at a new £2.4 exhibition centre at Ebrington in Derry since 23 October last – the first time the exhibition has been held outside of England in its 29 year history.
The exhibition will run until 5 January next.
Lauren Laverne will host coverage of tonight’s announcement live from Derry on Channel 4 at 7.30pm.
The finalists are Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Tino Sehgal, Laure Prouvost and David Shrigley.
Regarded as the world’s world’s most prestigious award for contemporary art, the Turner Prize was founded in 1984 to celebrate new developments in contemporary art and is awarded each year to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or presentation of their work in the preceding 12 months.
Artist nominations are invited every year and judged by an independent jury.
The 2013 jury is Annie Fletcher, Curator of Exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Susanne Gaensheimer, Director of Frankfurt’s Museum of Modern Art; Declan Long, writer and lecturer at National College of Art and Design, Dublin; Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery, London; the jury is chaired by Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain.
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