Turner Prize 2012

Time Out“'Inbetweeners'...” Paul Noble should be a shoo-in for the giant £25k cheque. His epic drawing project, 'Nobson Newtown', would be worthy of any lifetime achievement award and has been going at least half as long as this annual gong...

The Telegraph“Excited by the art on show at Tate Britain...” So who will win on December 3?... this year it will be the least known artist who takes the prize: Elizabeth Price isn’t just a good artist she’s something much rarer, an important one...

The Observer“Vivid, intelligent and original, with one dismal exception...” "We would find it easier to leave the shortlist as it stands now, the result of many different kinds of work by different kinds of people." How right she is, given that it only represents the different values of a handful of judges as well...

Financial Times“Chetwynd is the only artist here whose work pulses with life...” Demands that you abandon preconceptions of what a museum is. It is now many things at once: a theatre inviting audience participation, a cinema with raked seats and scheduled showing times...

The Independent“Appropriately mad and actually interesting...” Returning to London's Tate Britain after a sojourn at Baltic, Gateshead, this year's selection of artists is impressive for all the right reasons...

Guardian“Deciding who should win the prize this year is difficult...” one of the most demanding and thoughtful in the award's history. High seriousness and scatological humour, ribald performance, death and despair all play their part...