I can hardly believe it. Britain’s most prestigious/pretentious/exciting/risible (take your pick) art award is back, more or less in its classic form. After a year when the Turner Prize looked close to putting itself out of business by letting the contestants share the prize (2019), there was a year when it was actually out of business due to Covid (2020). Now after a year of (mostly duff) collectives (2021), we’re back with four artists slogging it out on a level playing field.
This year, indeed, the field is – arguably – more level than most. All four artists are female or non-binary, and three are non-White. In the current environment you’d hardly expect anything else. And great.
