Sentences with phrase «most controversial awards»
German - born artist Tomma Abts has become the first woman painter since 1997 to land the Turner Prize, one of the art world's most controversial awards.
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The upcoming Hollywood award season may be one of the most controversial — and important — in recent memory.
Then came the most controversial decision of the match, when referee Martin Atkinson awarded Chelsea a penalty after Yuri Zhirkov was brought down by United defender Chris Smalling, who DID leave out a trailing leg, though Zhirkov was looking for the foul.
The most eagerly anticipated and potentially controversial Nobel Prize for physics in many years was awarded today — following a nail - biting hourlong delay — exactly according to the expected script: The winners are Peter Higgs and his fellow theorist François Englert for, essentially, predicting the Higgs boson.
This controversial Golden Lion winner at the Venice Film Festival (after The Master was stripped of the award due to a technicality) is Korean auteur Kim Ki - duk's most accessible film since 2007's Time 73, but it can still be an incredibly difficult watch.
From Academy Award nominated director Stephen Frears (of The Queen, Philomena) and producers Working Title (The Theory Of Everything, Everest, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), comes the true story of the meteoric rise and fall of one of the most celebrated and controversial men in recent history, Lance Armstrong.
From Academy Award - nominated director Stephen Frears (The Queen, Philomena) and producers Working Title (The Theory of Everything), comes the true story of the meteoric rise and fall of one of the most celebrated and controversial men in recent history, Lance Armstrong.
Stacie Passon & Robin Weigert («Concussion») One of the films with the most buzz going into the festival, thanks to its controversial subject matter, selection for the Berlinale, and awards from the Adrienne Shelly Foundation and the Gothams for director Stacie Passon, was «Concussion.»
Taking home the Jury Award for Documentary Feature was Ben Patterson's «Sweet Micky for President,» which follows former Fugees member Pras Michel as he returns to his Haitian roots to spearhead the presidential campaign of Michel Martelly — the country's most controversial musician better known as «Sweet Micky.»
Universal City, California, February 13, 2018 — Nominated for three Academy Awards ® (Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Film Editing), I, Tonya is a darkly funny and entertaining examination of Tonya Harding, the most controversial figure in the history of figure skating, and the headline - grabbing scandal that mesmerized a nation.
Among the most controversial proposed rejections is El Camino Real High School, which has 3,900 students and has won academic awards.
By far the most controversial decision of the evening was granting Activision the excellence award for Overall Best Publisher.
However, controversial or not the Turner Prize has helped foster interest in contemporary art, particularly British, and is recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for art in Europe.
YEAR INSTITUTED: 1984 WHY IT»S IMPORTANT: As the most publicized art award in the U.K., the career - making Turner Prize has been controversial since its inception, and established itself as a lightning rod for conservative critics when the 1986 prize went to Gilbert & George (read an interview with them here).
Inspired by one of Britain's most innovative and controversial artists of the late 20th century, Derek Jarman, the Film London Jarman Award is an annual prize celebrating the spirit of experimentation and imagination among UK artists working with moving images.
The UK's most prestigious - and controversial - modern art award was launched today amid protests by photographers and artists alike.
British artist Richard Wright was named this week the winner of this year's Turner Prize, one of the world's most controversial art awards, for his enormous gold - leaf fresco.
THE Glasgow artist shortlisted for the most prestigious, and controversial, award in contemporary art thinks he has «zero chance of winning».
The UK's most prestigious and controversial modern art award was launched today, amid protests by photographers and artists alike.
Fiona Banner did not win the 2002 award but was undoubtedly the most controversial contender.
Lubaina Himid, 63, on Tuesday became the oldest winner of the Turner Prize, Britain «s most prestigious yet controversial visual art award, for her works celebrating black creativity.
Lubaina Himid has won the 2017 Turner Prize, Britain's most high - profile and often most controversial art award.
The Turner Prize is arguably Europe's most prestigious, and controversial, contemporary visual art award.
The 1997 Turner Prize, Britain's most prestigious and controversial art award, recently grabbed the headlines again.
Bookies» favourite wins Turner Prize The Scotsman; December 9, 2002; KAREN MCVEIGH; 700 + words THE Turner Prize, the most prestigious and controversial award in the art world... of 24 ethnographic sculptures holding McDonald's food by Jake and Dinos Chapman - for which Mr Saatchi paid GBP 1 million last month - was passed...
Sound artist Susan Philipsz, whose melancholy song loops were first exhibited in secret riverside walkways in Glasgow, wins Britain's most esteemed and controversial modern art award.
Simon Starling, an installation artist who dismantled a shed and rode its pieces down the Rhine River before putting it back together again, has won the Turner Prize, Britain's most controversial art award.
THE often controversial Turner Prize provided a shock of a different kind yesterday when an artist known for painting the most conventional of subject matters - such as landscapes and still life studies - was shortlisted for the award.
A Water Shed Moment for Turner Prize The Washington Post; December 6, 2005; 467 words... putting it back together again, has won the Turner Prize, Britain's most controversial art award... seaside town where she spent her honeymoon.
YOU know it is a different year at the art world's most controversial annual award when regular critics can not summon the outrage to protest anymore.
Bookies» favourite wins Turner Prize The Scotsman; December 9, 2002; KAREN MCVEIGH; 700 + words THE Turner Prize, the most prestigious and controversial award in the art world... calling card on the comments board deriding the works as «cold, mechanical, conceptual bulls ***».
Turner Prize 1997 The 1997 Turner Prize, Britain's most prestigious and controversial art award, recently grabbed the headlines again.
Read about recognition in Colombia of an arbitral award rendered abroad, which remains controversial, and the most significant Colombia Supreme Court decisions on the issue.