BBC announced as new partner for Turner Prize 2016
The BBC and Tate Britain today announced that the BBC will be the new broadcast partner for the prestigious Turner Prize 2016.
Published: 12 May 2016
The BBC is absolutely delighted to be the new broadcast partner for the Turner Prize 2016. The range of our services offers a unique and creative opportunity to build the reach and impact of the prize
The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony which will be held in December 2016 at Tate Britain and broadcast live on the BBC.
The partnership is a three-year commitment which will see the BBC support the award across a range of its outlets including BBC Arts, BBC Online and BBC World Service.
In addition, BBC Two has commissioned a special one-off 30-minute documentary on the Turner Prize 2016 shortlist, which will be broadcast in the run-up to the awards ceremony in December. The documentary has been commissioned by Mark Bell, Head of Arts Commissioning, and the executive producer is Janet Lee.
Jonty Claypole, Director of Arts at the BBC, says: “The Turner Prize is the most prestigious contemporary art prize in the world. It puts art in the headlines and makes us question the world around us. So the BBC is absolutely delighted to be the new broadcast partner for the Turner Prize 2016. The range of our services offers a unique and creative opportunity to build the reach and impact of the prize. We look forward to working closely with Tate Britain on delivering this ambition.”
Alex Farquharson, Director, Tate Britain says: "This exciting partnership for Tate Britain and Turner Prize will open the award to the BBC's many national and global platforms, and continue to build its profile as one of the world's best-known prizes for the visual arts. Tate Britain is pleased to be working with the BBC as the new broadcast partner for Turner Prize 2016."
Notes to Editors
About the Turner Prize
The Turner Prize award is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the 12 months preceding 28 April 2016. One of the best-known prizes for the visual arts in the world, the Turner Prize aims to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art. Every other year, the prize leaves Tate Britain and is presented at a venue outside the capital.
An exhibition of work by the four artists shortlisted for Turner Prize 2016 will be at Tate Britain from 27 September 2016 until 8 January 2017. Turner Prize 2017 will be presented at Ferens Art Gallery in Hull as part of the UK City of Culture celebrations.
The members of the Turner Prize 2016 jury are Michelle Cotton, Director, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Tamsin Dillon, Curator; Beatrix Ruf, Director, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and Simon Wallis, Director, The Hepworth Wakefield. The jury is chaired by Alex Farquharson, Director of Tate Britain.
About BBC Arts
This partnership is part of the BBC’s ongoing commitment to arts programming, with more arts on the BBC than ever before, announced as ‘the greatest commitment to arts for a generation’ by the Director-General in 2014. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts
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