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Turner Prize 2026 Opens at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art with Four Shortlisted Artists

award · 2026-04-24

On 25 September 2026, the press preview for the Turner Prize 2026 exhibition took place at the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima), with the public exhibition running from 26 September 2026 until 29 March 2027. Alex Farquharson, director of Tate Britain, referred to the exhibition as a "fascinating cross-section of the visual arts in Britain today." The artists shortlisted for the prize are Tanoa Sasraku, Marguerite Humeau, Simeon Barclay, and Kira Freije. Sasraku showcases Morale Patch, Humeau presents Torches, Barclay reinterprets The Ruin (2025) as an architectural intervention, and Freije produces delicate steel-strip sculptures. The jury consists of Sarah Allen, Joe Hill, Sook-Kyung Lee, and Alona Pardo. The winner, to be revealed on 10 December, will receive £25,000, while three runners-up will each get £10,000.

Key facts

  • Turner Prize 2026 exhibition runs 26 September 2026 to 29 March 2027 at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima), part of Teesside University
  • Shortlisted artists are Tanoa Sasraku, Marguerite Humeau, Simeon Barclay and Kira Freije, each nominated for a solo exhibition from the last year
  • Tate Britain director Alex Farquharson chairs the jury and described the show as a "fascinating cross-section of the visual arts in Britain today"
  • Sasraku's Morale Patch features crude-oil paperweights, a strong-smelling rubber floor and a chequered display representing water and desert
  • Humeau's Torches uses beeswax, 150-year-old walnut, 4,500-year-old yeast and a termite-mushroom culture
  • Barclay's The Ruin (2025) is a red-lit scaffolding installation with an hour-long spoken word piece evoking the M62 motorway built between 1957 and 1976
  • Freije's Unspeak the Chorus comprises steel-strip sculptures with aluminium-cast faces, hands and feet in a mirrored gallery with mist
  • Winner announced 10 December at Mima, receiving £25,000; three runners-up receive £10,000 each
  • Jury: Sarah Allen, Joe Hill, Sook-Kyung Lee and Alona Pardo

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Turner Prize
  • Tate Britain
  • Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
  • Mima
  • Teesside University
  • The Art Newspaper
  • The Observer
  • South London Gallery
  • Yorkshire Sculpture Park
  • The Whitworth
  • Arts Council Collection
  • British Art Show
  • Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima)
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) London
  • Hepworth Wakefield
  • New Art Exchange Nottingham
  • Modern Art Oxford
  • Arken Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Helsinki Art Museum
  • Roberts Institute of Arts
  • Vardaxoglou Gallery
  • Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)
  • Whitworth
  • Roberts Institute of Art
  • ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
  • The Hepworth Wakefield
  • New Art Exchange, Nottingham
  • MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
  • University of Manchester
  • Arts Council Collection, UK
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)
  • New Art Exchange
  • MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art)
  • Tate Gallery
  • MIMA – Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
  • exibart.com
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London
  • MIMA, Middlesbrough Institution of Modern Art
  • Aesthetica Magazine
  • Vardaxoglou Gallery, London
  • Workplace
  • Punchdrunk
  • The Guardian
  • Royal Academy
  • Wallpaper*
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts
  • Aarken Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts (London)
  • ICA
  • ARKEN Museum
  • Northern School of Art
  • ARKEN Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
  • Artlyst
  • KINDL
  • Black Cube Art Museum
  • The Auxiliary
  • Middlesbrough Art Week
  • Black Cube Nomadic Art Museum
  • Tate
  • Arts Council England (ACE)
  • University of Lincoln

Locations

  • Middlesbrough
  • North Yorkshire
  • England
  • United Kingdom
  • Plymouth
  • France
  • London
  • Huddersfield
  • Manchester
  • Coventry
  • West Yorkshire
  • Nottingham
  • Oxford
  • Copenhagen
  • Denmark
  • Helsinki
  • Finland
  • Glasgow
  • Leeds
  • Yorkshire
  • West Indies
  • Tees
  • Wakefield
  • Ishøj (Denmark)
  • North England
  • Pennines
  • Cornwall
  • Ghana
  • Gateshead
  • Derry-Londonderry
  • Hull
  • Margate
  • Liverpool
  • Eastbourne
  • Bradford
  • Berlin
  • Germany
  • Teesside
  • North East
  • Ishøj

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