Zoé Whitley, Aaron Cezar, Kim McAleese (Turner Prize Judges special episode)

Feb 4, 2022

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Season 12 continues with another exclusive! We meet The Turner Prize Judges 2021!!! We rewind to discover the behind-the-scenes experiences of each judge; the highs and lows of organising the world famous art prize during a global pandemic. The members of the 2021 Turner Prize jury were:

• Zoé Whitley, Director, Chisenhale Gallery

• Aaron Cezar, Director, Delfina Foundation

• Kim McAleese, Programme Director, Grand Union

• Russell Tovey, Actor, Talk Art

The Turner Prize is awarded annually to an artist born, living or working in Britain, for an outstanding exhibition or public presentation of their work anywhere in the world in the previous year. Every other year the Turner Prize is staged outside of London, with the 2021 edition being presented in Coventry as part of the UK City of Culture 2021.

The Prize’s four shortlisted artists exhibited alongside local, national, and international artists as part of Coventry Biennial 2021. This is the first time a Turner Prize jury has selected a shortlist consisting entirely of artist collectives. All the nominees work closely and continuously with communities across the breadth of the UK to inspire social change through art. The collaborative practices selected for this year’s shortlist also reflect the solidarity and community demonstrated in response to the pandemic.

The shortlisted artists were:

• Array Collective (winners) @ArrayStudios

• Black Obsidian Sound System @BlackObsidian_Soundsystem

• Cooking Sections @CookingSections

• Gentle/Radical @GentleRadical

• Project Art Works @ProjectArtWorks

Learn more about the artists here: https://www.theherbert.org/whats_on/1560/turner_prize_2021

and https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/herbert-art-gallery-and-museum/exhibition/turner-prize-2021