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Working-class creatives don’t stand a chance in UK today, leading artists warn

Exclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privately

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025

Jesse Darling blaming Margaret Thatcher for arts cuts is as inaccurate as it’s outdated

Turner prize winner’s speech pointed finger at former prime minister, but there are culprits far more deserving of our ire

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023

The Turner Prize 2023: Meet the new 'Darling' of the art world

British artist and this year’s Turner Prize winner Jesse Darling talks about his prize-winning work which has been described as "delirious" and "juggling" with themes of Brexit, nationality, identity, bureaucracy, immigration and austerity. Humorous and bold, it's made up of net curtains, crowd control barriers, washing lines, bunting and ring…

France 24 · Dec 8, 2023

Jesse Darling wins the Turner Prize 2023

Tinie Tempah announced Jesse Darling as the Turner Prize 2023 winner

Wallpaper · Dec 6, 2023

British Artist Jesse Darling Wins 2023 Turner Prize

British artist Jesse Darling won the prestigious Turner Prize on Tuesday for his sculptures and installations that invoke societal breakdown.

International Business Times · Dec 6, 2023

Jesse Darling wins the 2023 Turner Prize

The Oxford-born artist won the £25,000 award for sculptures made of commonplace objects conveying ‘the messy reality of life’, and unsettling ‘notions of labour, class, Britishness and power’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023

‘He almost revels in our social collapse’: Jesse Darling is a worthy Turner prize winner

There is a gleeful, thrown-together energy to the artist’s sculptures, which use faded flags, barbed wire and bunting to portray a country on the skids

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2023

Turner prize 2023 – and the winner should be…

In an exemplary showcase of this year’s four Turner prize contenders, Barbara Walker’s devastatingly direct Windrush scandal portraits and Jesse Darling’s antic take on broken Britain lead the field

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

This year’s polite Turner Prize show is so nice that it’s hard to hate it

Britain’s biggest art prize has got Eastbourne excited. The way the annual show has been embraced by the community is more powerful than the work itself, writes Mark Hudson

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Turner prize 2023 review: bring on the contenders – and the zombie apocalypse

The art of Ghislaine Leung, Jesse Darling, Barbara Walker and Rory Pilgrim will make you laugh, cry and possibly yawn as they confront the dystopian crisis we’re in

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2023