Rebekah Poulain told The Sun that she meant to download an image of her daughter’s penguin painting to a folder on her computer, but “accidentally” uploaded it into a competition run by the Saatchi Gallery. It won a prize.

That’s so easy to do. I once tried to download one of my son’s pictures to my computer, but then — Woops! — he won the Turner Prize!

“It seems it happened because I’m an idiot,” said Rebekah Poulain.

No, Rebekah, it happened because whoever judged the Saatchi prize was wearing a blindfold at the time. Or because the competition was judged by a short-sighted hamster in dark glasses.

I’m sure Leila is a very clever girl. Like most 7-year olds, she likes to paint, and she has painted a very nice penguin. But that’s all it is — a typical child’s painting of a penguin, which has no particular aesthetic merit that sets it apart from the countless thousands of other paintings of penguins by 7-year olds all over the world.

If you’re seeking evidence of the impoverished aesthetic judgment driving the contemporary art scene, look no further.

Leila’s penguin will now hang in the Saatchi Gallery. As for the judges, hanging’s too good for them.

Dr. Tom Flynn

(Dr. Tom Flynn is a London-based writer and Art historian and is frequently blogging about interesting issues in the Art business. He has published books and  written journalism at numerous magazines including The Art Newspaper, Art & Auction, ARTnews, Art Review, Art Quarterly, Apollo, The Spectator, Museums Journal, The Sculpture Journal, etc.)

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The Turner Prize 2010 was awarded to Susan Philipsz yesterday evening. The £25,000 prize was presented by Miuccia Prada.

The jury admired the way in which her work provokes both intellectual and instinctive responses and reflects a series of decisions about the relationship between sound and sight. Philipsz’s work draws on the immersive properties of sound and uses her own voice to create powerful sculptural experiences…

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8th December 2009

On Monday night the winner was clear for this years Turner prize. The 25.000 pounds will go to Richard Wright and his fantastic microscopic wall paintings that are produced with medieval printing methods.

Founded in 1984, the Turner prize is a well known prize, that glories the best british Artist under the age of 50 every year again.

Previous winners include the most high-profile names in British art — Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor and Gilbert and George — as well as several who have since faded from view.

Richard Wright is scottish and lives and works in Glasgow. Wright rounded up his victory in saying: “Thank you for bringing back some skills to the Turner Prize”.

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