Turner prize judges gather for a night of Late at Tate

Oct 24 2007 by Vicky Anderson, Liverpool Daily Post

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FORMER Turner Prize winners and competition judges will be taking part in this month’s Late at Tate evening being held this evening.

From 6pm, entertainment will include former Turner Prize winner Martin Creed playing with his band, panel judge Miranda Sawyer hosting a discussion, and talks being held in the gallery toilets.

There will be a chance to discuss this year’s Turner Prize shortlisters in different spaces throughout the building – by listening in on a conversation in the auditorium, taking part in a quiz in the café or joining in a debate in the bathrooms.

Artists from Lipa will liven up the dock with Along the Colonnades, a series of installations and performance works. The neighbouring Site Gallery’s Fabric of Protest exhibition will open late too.

In the Read All About It event, Miranda Sawyer, writer, broadcaster and jury member for the Turner Prize – who also helped select Liverpool as Capital of Culture – leads a discussion with 2004 prize-winner Jeremy Deller.

The event starts at 6pm, and tickets cost £7. To book call the Tate on 0151 702 7400.

Meanwhile, there will be a pub quiz with prizes held in the cafe courtesy of Danish artist collective Superflex, and in the basement bathrooms of Tate Liverpool, artist Jay Reichsteiner continues his popular series of Washroom Talks.

Aspects of the Turner Prize and contemporary art discussed on the night in the bathrooms will include art and elitism and the relationship between the public and art.

The winner will be announced in a televised ceremony from the Tate on December 3.