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Prizes & awards
The UK boasts hundreds of arts prizes and competitions annually, provided by trusts as well as business sponsors. They may be perceived as attempts to intervene in or influence the commercial art market.
Awarding prizes is also an important way to validate and define the quality of emerging talent.
Profiles: artists
Zarina Bhimji
Manick Govinda profiles Zarina Bhimji and uncovers how two awards have played a pivotal role in her recent work. Read on…
Profile: artist, a-n.co.uk April 2003.
Updated September 2006.
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