The Turner Prize will be announced this evening by Jude Law at at the Tate Britain.  Here is video of the exhibited work. (more…)

Four Turner Prize shortlisted artists showcased their work last night at the show’s inauguration.  For the first time a performance artist has been nominated, Londoner Spartacus Chetwynd.  When asked about if her art is contemporary, the artist, who lives and works in a nudist colony, and who arrived in a beard, stated, “We’re all alive at the moment so that would make it contemporary.” Once again on display at Tate Britain, the show also presents the work of Glaswegian Luke Fowler, Londoner Elizabeth Price and Londoner Paul Noble and runs through Jan 6th. (more…)

‪‬The 2012 Turner Prize nominees have been announced: Spartacus Chetwynd, Luke Fowler, Paul Noble, and Elizabeth Price. The £25,000 prize is awarded annually to a British artist under age 50, with the four artists showing at Tate Britain each fall.

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‘Warriors. Four Films by Luke Fowler,’ installation view at X Initiative

Currently on view at the Dia Foundation’s former space in Chelsea is Phase Two of the X Initiative, featuring solo shows of three European artists: Keren Cytter, Luke Fowler, and Tris Vonna-Michell.  This is the first major solo show in the US for each artist, all of whom participated in the New Museum’s triennial earlier this year, ‘The Generational: Younger Than Jesus.’ Phase Two also includes ‘Today and Everyday,’ a group show that presents artworks in the context of a still life photograph, an installation, and lastly, a memento. X Initiative is a not-for-profit association of artists, curators, dealers, and other professionals led by dealer Elizabeth Dee, using the Dia space for one year, starting in March, as an alternative arts space.

X Initiative
Unspooling Time Loops [NY Times]
BOMB on the Inside: X Initiative [BOMB]
X Marks the Spot [V Magazine]

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