Tillmans wins Turner Prize One of the most important modern art awards
in Britain — the Turner Prize — has been won
by the German photographer, Wolfgang
Tillmans.

It’s the first time a photographer has won the
prestigious award, which is worth
thirty-thousand dollars and honours the best
young artist working in Britain.

Tillmans, whose work includes naked bodies
and household rubbish, said he wanted to shift
the perspective about what was beautiful and
acceptable in society.

However, it’s possible that we’ve been there, done that already:

Outside the ceremony, demonstrators dressed
in clown and carnival costume protested that
the prize no longer represented genuine art.
Last year’s winner showed an un-made bed,
while the previous winner used elephant dung
on a painting of the Christian saint, the Virgin
Mary. BBC