Monday 27th September 2010In 2011 the Tuner Prize will be held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, hosted by the
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art! This is very exciting news for the North East of England, and particularly the Baltic who will be looking to make a big impression on followers of one of the most talked about prizes in the art world.
The
Turner Prize, which is typically held at Tate Britain, has only been hosted outside of London once since it was established in 1984, and that was in 2007 when Tate Liverpool took charge of proceedings. This move to the Baltic however represents a new era for the prize wherein it will be hosted by Tate Britain every other year, with other art establishments filling in the gaps.
The prize, which is awarded every year to "a British artist under fifty, for an outstanding exhibition or presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding", is always a big event in the UK arts calendar and receives attention from around the world. The prize was originally founded in order to draw more public attention to contemporary art and there is the hope that it will be very successful in doing that in the North East.
Posted on September 27th 2010 on 01:28pm