Generous new £40,000 art prize offers fellowship on Tyneside
Singapore lawyer who keeps a home in county Durham wants to help young artists on the first step of their career. So he's giving £40,000 a year in awards at Northumbria University and the Baltic
May 2012
The Northerner
The toon turns out for Tyne's big fashion bash
Sales and footfall success of last year's debut event has promoted a nine-day extravaganza in Newcastle and Gateshead this time round
April 2012
The Northerner
Turner Prize streaker concludes his art intervention with part two: in court
It's a bit since, but we like to round stories off on the Guardian Northerner. Mark Roberts' art should maybe be judged in the whole, not just the dramatic bit
January 2012
The Northerner
Turner Prize visitors to Gateshead's Baltic beat (almost) all hopes
Tyneside's upbeat hosting of the UK's most-noticed arts prize - only the second outside London in the Turner's 27 years - sees 149,770 visit the resurgent gallery
December 2011
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The Northerner
Turner Prize streaker explains his art
Turner prize winner Martin Boyce: triumph of a slowburner
Turner prize 2011 winner Martin Boyce: 'the tree just sort of blossomed' - video
Jonathan Jones on art
The Turner prize's spurning of George Shaw shows the art world is shallow
Martin Boyce wins Turner prize 2011: 'It's the right moment for him to win' - video
Martin Boyce wins Turner prize 2011
Turner prize: the beauty lies in its orchestration
The conversation
Does the Turner prize still matter?
Emine Saner
November 2011
Turner prize 2011 contenders: Martin Boyce - video
Martin Boyce, whose work explores the visual language of modernist architecture and design, has been nominated for this year's Turner prize. Here, he talks about his work as 'a peculiar landscape – a collapse of the interior and the exterior world'
Turner prize 2011 contenders: Hilary Lloyd – video
Hilary Lloyd's films and videos, that draw attention to unnoticed details in everyday life, have led to a nomination for this year's Turner prize. She talks about her work
Turner prize 2011 contenders: Karla Black - video
Turner prize 2011 contenders: George Shaw - video
The Northerner
Tyneside arts bonanza fringes the Turner Prize
October 2011
The Northerner
Turner Prize heads for record crowds in Gateshead
Culture shorts
Adrian Searle: 'It's confusing. But it's the Turner prize' – video
