That means even bad artists are likely to see the stress - busting benefits of playing around with paint and clay. (inc.com)
Apart from occasional controversies that follow the artworks, the nominees, the winners, the board members and the ceremony itself, another proof of the award's popularity is a whole group of other prizes born in reaction: the Anti-Turner Prize for the «worst artist in Britain», the Turnip Prize also known as the «crap art competition», the Art Clown of the Year Award... In any case, nobody can deny the impact, and the ongoing legacy, of the one that started it all. (widewalls.ch)
On the day it won the Turner prize, Whiteread was named «worst artist of the year» by a subversive rival award. (theguardian.com)