Turner Prize 2008

30th September 2008 until 18th January 2009
Tate Britain, Millbank, Westminster, London, SW1P
Telephone: 020 7887 8000
Although the Turner Prize event spent last year in Liverpool - when the city held the title of "European Capital of Culture" - it returns to London in 2008.

Undoubtedly the best known and often the most contentious prize in the world for modern art, the Turner Prize, which comprises both a substantial cash award and the prestige associated with the name, has seemed to revel in attracting controversy over the years. The artists shortlisted for the 2008 Turner Prize include Cathy Wilkes - an artist using various household items such as widescreen TV's and prams in her work - and Runa Islam - a filmmaker chosen for her solo exhibition "Centre of Gravity" at Kunsthall, Bergen and the National Museum of Art, Oslo as well as her display at the Venice Biennale 2007. Mark Leckey is an artist who combines sculpture, film and sound - thus, defying clear categorisation - and Goshka Macuga completes the shortlist. Goshka Macuga's has also produced combined media displays, some of which have been displayed at Tate Britain - a solo exhibition entitled "Objects in Relation" formed a part of the "Art Now" exhibition in 2007.

The Turner Prize exhibition continues from September through into January 2009 but the winner of the £25,000 cash prize will be announced during a live show on Channel 4. Despite, or perhaps because of, the inevitable protests from many critics in the art world, the show is a 'must see' for lovers of contemporary art.

Visiting Turner Prize 2008:

Cost: Free
Time: Monday - Friday 9.00-17.50; First Friday of month till 21:00
Age Restrictions: n/a

Nearest Underground Stations:
Pimlico Tube (6 minutes)
St James's Park Tube (15 minutes)

Nearest Hotels: Stay at Paddington hotels and take the Bakerloo Line from close by your hotel to Oxford Circus and change to the Victoria Line for the short ride to Pimlico and even shorter walk to Tate Britain on Millbank.

For more information on Turner Prize 2008 London, please visit: www.tate.org.uk