United KingdomSociety 50 · A modern society
The Turner Prize, set up in 1984, is an award for what?
- aLandscape painting in oils
- bNew classical music
- cContemporary artCorrect answer
- dThe best novel of the year
Why?
The Turner Prize celebrates contemporary (present-day) art. It is named after J. M. W. Turner, the painter famous for landscapes full of light and colour, but the prize is not only for landscapes.
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