Joseph Mallord William Turner Snow Storm Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps exhibited 1812 Tate
Quest'anno il Turner Prize si trasforma in un progetto di sostegno agli artisti, visto il particolare momento, l'organizzazione della Tate ha preferito cambiare il concorso nato nel 1984.
L'iniziativa sposterà il capitale investito per il progetto in dieci borse di studio che saranno date a sostegno di dieci artisti selezionati dal comitato del progetto.
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In response to the current situation, Tate Britain announced today that it will be awarding one-off bursaries of £10,000 to 10 artists in place of this year’s Turner Prize. The ‘Turner Bursaries’ will be selected by the jury at the end of June. The tight timetable for preparing the annual exhibition would not have been achievable under the present restrictions, so the decision was made to help support a larger selection of artists through this period of profound disruption and uncertainty. The bursaries have been made possible thanks to generous funding from a group of Tate’s supporters, including The Ampersand Foundation.
Alex Farquharson, Director of Tate Britain and chair of the Turner Prize jury, said: “Gallery closures and social distancing measures are vitally important, but they are also causing huge disruption to the lives and livelihoods of artists. The practicalities of organising a Turner Prize exhibition are impossible in the current circumstances, so we have decided to help support even more artists during this exceptionally difficult time. I think JMW Turner, who once planned to leave his fortune to support artists in their hour of need, would approve of our decision. I appreciate visitors will be disappointed that there is no Turner Prize this year, but we can all look forward to it returning in 2021.”
This year’s jury has spent the past 12 months visiting hundreds of exhibitions in preparation for selecting the nominees. In line with the existing prize criteria, they are invited to nominate British artists based on their contribution to new developments in contemporary art at this time. They will hold a virtual meeting to select the list of 10 artists, which will be announced in late June. The members of the jury are: Richard Birkett, Curator at Large at the Institute of Contemporary Arts; Sarah Munro, Director of BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art; Fatoş Üstek, Director of Liverpool Biennial; and Duro Olowu, designer and curator.
