The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. It is organized by the Tate, and since its beginnings in 1984 it has become the United Kingdom's most publicised art award. The prize fund from 2004 onwards is ￡40,000.

Nominations for the prize are invited from the public, although this is widely considered to have negligible effect. Typically, there is a three-week period in May for public nominations to be received; the short-list (which since 1991 has been of four artists) is announced in July; a show of the nominees' work opens at Tate Modern in late October; and the prize itself is announced at the beginning of December. The show stays open till January. The prize is not judged on the show, however, but on the artists' contribution to art over the previous year.

自1984年創立以來，特納大獎的知名度不斷提升，成為為英國最受關注的藝術類獎項。大獎由泰特美術館為紀念著名的畫家J·特納而設立，每年頒發一次，獎勵50歲以下的英國視覺藝術家。自2004年起，獎金高達四萬英鎊。

藝術家的參評資格由大眾提名產生（但普遍認為大眾的喜好對藝術家的最終入圍影響不大），每年五月有一個為期三周的提名期。入圍名單（自1991年起為4人）在7月宣布。十月底，獲得提名的藝術家將在泰特美術館展出自己的作品，展覽將一直持續到第二年一月。最終的獲獎者在十二月初宣布，藝術家對整個藝術界的貢獻是評獎的唯一標準，與作品展出效果無關。

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