absolutely. i think the government is very much taking that line that, look, christmas is not going to be cancelled this year if they can possibly help it. cancelled this year if they can possibly help it. rob, thank you very much possibly help it. rob, thank you very much indeed, possibly help it. rob, thank you very much indeed, and - possibly help it. rob, thank you very much indeed, and of- possibly help it. rob, thank you i very much indeed, and of course, everyone is looking to see whether the government changes its tact. you are watching bbc news. now and bbc news, it s time can a case where wondering, for this year s to enterprise. for the first time, the nominees are made up of collectives, which the organisers say have helped to inspire social change through art. the nominees include lack of city and sound system, cooking sections, gentle slash radical and project artworks. we can now get ready to cross live
in the country at large now? i what you think they reveal about art in the country at large now?- in the country at large now? i think one of the most in the country at large now? i think one of the most important - one of the most important things that they shortlist is able to show us is that we don t in any way have to think that centres of cultures only one place, say in a capital city. that art can exist all over. i didn t grow up in a home with oil paintings on the walls. but the fact that books are artwork, that art can come to us over the airways, it may be something that a family member made it that we cherish and talk about. i think that those are the kinds of things that we actually are constantly surrounded by culture and things that are hard but somehow we are told or think that art can only be these few things. i love the capacious news and the generosity of the artists who have given us so much with the show. the artists who have given us so much with the show. what a
year shortlisted up it amazes that idea each of the nominees engages epitomises. and with the communities close to them. taken together the collectors reveal how art can be for everyone. at the time when so many people faced isolation and hardship and when so much art making disappeared behind closed doors, these five groups of artist continued to put that spirit of solidarity and care at the heart of their work. solidarity and care at the heart of theirwork. merging solidarity and care at the heart of their work. merging art and life, each collective is dedicated to making real differences. it is now my pleasure to hand over to coventry is very own pauline black who will reveal the winner of the turner prize 2021. thank you, alex. well, ijust like to say thank you, alex. well, ijust like to say one thank you, alex. well, ijust like to say one thing, you all know now what to say one thing, you all know now what it is to say one thing, you all know now
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turner prize. there might be people thinking as well about the fact that l thinking as well about the fact that many in these collectives work in the community, and is there more of a sense of the public who might not think of art other than being something you see in an art gallery, of trying to change people because my perception of what art is? i my perception of what art is? i think it could achieve that. the response from audiences to this turner prize, audiences from coventry, audiences from further afield havejust coventry, audiences from further afield have just been coventry, audiences from further afield havejust been remarkable, amazing. you know, we are perhaps more used to thinking of the visual arts as individually offered, but like writing, we think of all kinds of other art forms, drama, film, this is about authorship, so there has always been an aspect of that to art as well, and it s great to mark that this year. art as well, and it s great to mark that this year. th