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Black Artists Lead Turner Prize Shortlist
LONDON — Ingrid Pollard, a revolutionary Black female photographer, and Veronica Ryan, a Black sculptor who identified prevalent recognition in her 60s, are amongst the nominees for this year’s Turner Prize, the prestigious British visual arts award. The 4-strong shortlist was introduced on Tuesday in an on the internet news meeting at Tate Liverpool, an art museum in northern England. Heather Phillipson, who has presented a number of higher-profile public artworks in Britain, was also nominated. In 2020, she mounted “The End” in Trafalgar Sq., London, a do the job that provided a 31-foot statue of a dollop of whipped product, with a fly on it. The fourth artist on…