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Turner Prize 2025 Shortlist Announced, Featuring Four Artists Exploring Identity and Global Narratives

Tate Britain revealed the nominees whose works span diverse mediums and themes, with an exhibition set for Bradford in September and the winner to be named in December.

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Zadie Xa with Benito Mayor Vallejo, ‘Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything’, 2025. Installation view
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Overview

  • The 2025 Turner Prize shortlist includes Rene Matić, Nnena Kalu, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa, announced on April 23, 2025, at Tate Britain.
  • The nominated works range from Matić’s Berlin exhibition on identity and right-wing populism to Kalu’s Barcelona installation using repurposed materials for abstract sculptures.
  • Sami’s wartime-themed paintings at Blenheim Palace and Xa’s sound-sculpture installation at the Sharjah Biennial also earned recognition for their global and cultural focus.
  • An exhibition of the shortlisted works will take place at Cartwright Hall in Bradford from September 27, 2025, to February 22, 2026, as part of the UK City of Culture program.
  • The winner, who will receive £25,000, will be announced at an award ceremony in Bradford on December 9, 2025.