Her win, and the media attention focused upon her, was the watershed moment for the award: it transformed the annual event from polite art world contest into colourful national spectacle, ushering in the era when the prize would be won by a succession of celebrated (to some, notorious) British artists born in the 1960s — among them Damien Hirst, Douglas Gordon, Chris Ofili and Gillian Wearing. (theguardian.com)
Washington Republicans, who are more focused than their local counterparts on how the party is perceived nationally, worry that Donovan's candidacy would create a national spectacle and turn the election into a referendum on his handling of the racially fraught case. (politico.com)
Washington Republicans worry that Daniel Donovan's candidacy would create a national spectacle. (politico.com)