Amid all the rule changes, Lubaina Himid is surely the favourite to win British art’s most important prize this year
The 2017 Turner prize shortlist is unexpected and refreshing, not least because of the welcome relaxation of the rule that previously disbarred artists over 50 – a rule designed, I believe, to prevent older artists dominating through seniority alone.
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