The UK art world is finally becoming more inclusive. But greater support must be given to the organisations that enable disabled artists to flourish
The Turner prize is no stranger to sparking debate …
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‘Nnena Kalu was ready for this – nobody else was’: how her Turner prize victory shook the art world ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
As the first learning-disabled artist to win the UK’s most prestigious art award, Kalu has smashed a ‘very stubborn glass ceiling’. Her facilitator reveals why her victory is so seismic – and the sec…
80 days ago
Artist Nnena Kalu earns 'historic' Turner Prize win ⊕⊕
Kalu wins for her sculptures and drawings, becoming the first learning disabled artist to scoop the award.
Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning disability to win Turner prize ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Chair of 2025 judging panel says win ‘begins to erase that border between the neurotypical and neurodiverse artist’
Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner
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Nnena Kalu’s embodied, sensuous art makes her a worthy Turner prize winner ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The closer you get to Kalu’s endless sinewy trails of old VHS tape, the harder it is to know where their forms stop and the space around them begins
Nnena Kalu becomes first artist with a learning dis…
9 months ago
‘Her need to make is off the scale’: why Nnena Kalu’s Turner prize nomination is a watershed moment for art ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The Glasgow-born artist makes huge cocoon-like sculptures out of found fabric and videotape. We meet the team who helped her become the first learning-disabled person to make the award shortlist
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10 months ago
Videotape sculptures and wartime paintings among Turner prize shortlist ○
Nnena Kalu, Mohammed Sami, Rene Matić and Zadie Xa have been nominated for £25,000 prize
An artist who creates swirling sculptures out of fabric and old videocassette tape, and another who installed h…
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