
Turner Prize nominees share award after ‘solidarity’ plea
For the first time ever, the Turner Prize will be shared between all four shortlisted nominees.Artists Oscar Murillo, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock and Tai Shani have all won the prestigious title and will have to split the £40,000 prize money between them. The decision was made after the artists wrote a joint letter to the jury asking that the prize be used as a statement of "commonality, multiplicity and solidarity" at a time of "political crisis". Image: Colombian artist Oscar Murrillo's paper mache figures It was revealed at a glamorous event at Dreamland Margate amusement park in Kent.The winners were presented the prize on stage by Edward Enninful, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue.