“Lubaina Himid, an artist who makes theatrical, witty and challenging works that address colonial history, racism and institutional invisibility, has won the 2017 Turner prize. Himid is both the first woman of color to win and, at 63, the oldest winner in the prize’s 33-year history, after it dropped its upper age limit of 50. . . . [2017] was the first full year of a rule change abandoning the upper age limit of 50 for artists, a restriction introduced in 1991. Some critics said it gave the Turner prize a more mature feel.” Read more about Himid in an article from The Guardian.
The prize was first awarded in 1984. It’s given to a British artist — an artist working primarily in Britain or an artist born in Britain working anywhere — but the winner becomes well known internationally.
Also read a related article from The Guardian about famous older artists: “There’s a magic elixir than can keep you for ever young. It’s called being an artist.”
