The 2019 Turner Prize has been announced and the judges have awarded the 40 thousand pound prize money to all four of the artists on the shortlist. And whose bright idea was that? Not the judges. It was the artists, who asked to be awarded as a collective. We discuss the hijacking of the Turner Prize.

<p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/03/turner-prize-2019-lawrence-abu-hamdan-helen-cammock-oscar-murillo-and-tai-shani-shared">2019 Turner Prize has been announced</a> and the judges have awarded the 40 thousand pound prize money to all four of the artists on the shortlist. And whose bright idea was that? <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/14/booker-prize-judges-break-the-rules-and-insist-on-joint-winners">Not the judges</a>. It was the artists, who asked to be awarded as a collective. We discuss the hijacking of the Turner Prize.</p>

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