Today’s Art – What A Peculiar Lot

Where is contemporary art going? Martin Gayford is confused: “Is there a trend in contemporary art? At the moment, it just seems to be getting more and more peculiar. This year’s Turner Prize – won, you may recall, by a transvestite potter – might have seemed slightly outre. But, in comparison with the Beck’s Futures Prize, currently on show at the ICA, the tame old Turner looks positively mainstream.”