Turner Prize cancelled for first time in 20 years
The Turner Prize, the most high-profile award in British art, will not be given out this year because of the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, BBC reported.
Tate Britain, which has organised the prize since 1984, said it would be impossible to organise the annual nominees' exhibition.
"This year's jury has spent the past 12 months visiting hundreds of exhibitions in preparation for selecting the nominees, according to the Tate's announcement on Tuesday.
But the gallery said the decision to replace this year's prize with grants "was made to help support a larger selection of artists through this period of profound disruption and uncertainty”.
The usual prize money has been supplemented by extra sponsorship to allow Tate to provide Turner Bursaries worth £100,000. The recipients will be announced in June.