特纳奖(Turner)被认为是欧洲最重要和最有威信的视觉艺术大奖,该奖以英国绘画泰斗威廉·特纳的名字命名,以发展和推动先锋艺术为宗旨,奖金2.5万英镑。从1984年创立以来,英国电视第四频道每年都对颁奖仪式进行现场直播。
“新事物总是令人震惊的,但这并不是什么新事物。”这里的报纸对特纳奖津津乐道。
"The new is always shocking, but there is nothing new about that." The newspapers here have had a lot of fun with the Turner Prize.
在思想传统的英国,特纳奖经常引起争议,尤其是今年。
In tradition-minded Britain, the Turner Prize is often controversial and no more so than this year.
它在头版刊登了一篇题为“特纳奖被最差艺术家获得”的报道。
It had a front-page story headlined "Turner Prize won by worst artist".
Everyone of these, except Lintner I think, won the Nobel Prize.
这些人中除了林特纳,都获得了诺贝尔奖。
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