Why The Turner Prize Should Be More Like The Booker

“There are two ways in which the Booker – for all this year’s fuss – remains a more serious cultural event than the Turner. Both are encapsulated in this year’s outcome. When all was said and done, the 2011 Booker went to Julian Barnes. There are two reasons why, if he were an artist, he would not be in the running for this year’s Turner.”