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Turner Prize heads to Northern Ireland

UK City of Culture 2013 attracts top art prize as recruitment opens for Director and Board.

From:
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and Ed Vaizey
Published
23 July 2012
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, the 2013, is to welcome the UK鈥檚 most prestigious modern art prize.听皇冠体育app will form one of the highlights of the 2013 programme - and it will be the first time the prize has left Britain鈥檚 shore.

Recruiting leadership

In the same week as this announcement, the Culture Company set up to deliver the programme has opened recruitment for a non-executive board and a full-time Director.听

, Interim Chair of the Culture Company, explained: 鈥淲e鈥檝e already established successful partnership links locally and internationally. 皇冠体育app Turner Prize coming to the city for 2013 is an indication of the potential that exists.鈥�

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Published 23 July 2012