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Curating the Turner Prize

(Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne x University of Sussex)

Noelle Collins (Exhibition Curator, Towner), Dr Sarah James (Liverpool John Moore University, former Tate Liverpool Curator, curated 2022 Turner Prize) and Hammad Nasar (curated Turner Prize 2021 at Herbert Art Gallery & Museum Coventry) talk about their experiences curating the Turner Prize with Chair Dr Francesco Ventrella (Art History, University of Sussex).

University of Sussex is Education Partner for the Turner Prize 2023 at Towner Eastbourne

The Turner Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for contemporary art, is being exhibited for the first time in Sussex this year.

Two University of Sussex alumni have previously won the Turner Prize. Helen Cammock, a Sociology graduate, was one of the co-winners of the 2019 prize. Jeremy Deller, who holds an MA in British Art History and Critical Theory, won the Turner Prize in 2004.

The shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize 2023 are: Jesse Darling, Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim and Barbara Walker.

The jury for Turner Prize 2023 is: Martin Clark (Director of Camden Art Centre)

Cédric Fauq (Chief curator of Capc musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux)

Melanie Keen (Director of Wellcome Collection) Helen Nisbet (Artistic Director of Art Night)