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From the shock tactics of 90s artists starved of public funding to a pivot towards an art based in community and activism today.
Critics will say that immersive exhibitions destroy art but Hockney is ready to challenge them with his hour-long show
How the artist found endless variety in the daily view from his bed, cycling through the seasons with kaleidoscopes of light, colour, texture, form and space.
The style and date given for the painted room never sat right with MA Katritzky, who spent lockdown investigating whether the room was actually created by one of Britain’s greatest painters.
This more equitable approach might bring the prize closer to Turner’s original vision of his legacy.
What does Hockey’s auction record for a living artist mean beyond the art market?
Turner Prize’s diverse shortlist has made for a coherent and important show.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford
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Reader in Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in Art History, Loughborough University
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Research Fellow, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Visual Communication, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Art, School of Arts & Creative Industries, Teesside University, Teesside University
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Head of Art History at University of Sussex, University of Sussex
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Lecturer in Art Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
