Shortlist for Turner Prize promises end to male domination

From: The Independent - London | Date: May 14, 2008| Author: Arifa Akbar Arts Correspondent | Copyright information

In the 24 years of the Turner Prize, only three female artists have won. The odds for a fourth were raised yesterday with the announcement that three out of four artists on this year's shortlist - Bangadeshi-born Runa Islam, Goshka Macuga from Poland and the Belfast-born artist Cathy Wilkes - are women. The only male contender for the prize, to be awarded on 1 December, is Mark Leckey, from London.

Stephen Deuchar, director of Tate Britain and chairman of the judging panel, said the sh...

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