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Image: ArtskThe Turner Prize 2026 exhibition opened at MIMA in Middlesbrough on 26 September 2026, presenting work by shortlisted artists Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau and Tanoa Sasraku. The winner will be announced on 10 December and receive £25,000.
Image: ArtskThe 2026 Turner Prize exhibition has opened at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, featuring shortlisted artists Tanoa Sasraku, Marguerite Humeau, Simeon Barclay and Kira Freije. Tate Britain's director called the show a cross-section of British visual art, with works addressing ecology, precarity, oil geopolitics and northern deindustrialisation.
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