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Turner prize winner Lubaina Himid: ‘I have more things to say – this gives me the chance’ | Art and design

Lubaina Himidis bright-eyed and ferociously on the ball the morning after winning the Turner prize. Perhaps one advantage of being the oldest-ever winner, as the headlines baldly put it (she is 63), is the ability to receive the award with immense, mature poise. As the £25,000 cheque was presented in Hull Minster on Tuesday evening, the Preston-based artist thanked, among others, the art…

In addition to Ms. Himid, the nominee Hurvin Anderson, 52, was also made eligible by the new age limit. The relaxed entry requirements were welcomed by critics, who said they widened the scope of artists and better reflected modern British art.

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Ceramic pieces from Ms. Himid’s “Swallow Hard: The Lancaster Dinner Service” (2007) are part of the Turner Prize exhibition in Hull,…