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(chuàng)立以來(lái)，特納大獎(jiǎng)的知名度不斷提升，成為為英國(guó)最受關(guān)注的藝術(shù)類獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。大獎(jiǎng)由泰特美術(shù)館為紀(jì)念著名的畫(huà)家J·特納而設(shè)立，每年頒發(fā)一次，獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)50歲以下的英國(guó)視覺(jué)藝術(shù)家。自2004年起，獎(jiǎng)金高達(dá)四萬(wàn)英鎊。

藝術(shù)家的參評(píng)資格由大眾提名產(chǎn)生（但普遍認(rèn)為大眾的喜好對(duì)藝術(shù)家的最終入圍影響不大），每年五月有一個(gè)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(shù)家將在泰特美術(shù)館展出自己的作品，展覽將一直持續(xù)到第二年一月。最終的獲獎(jiǎng)?wù)咴谑鲁跣迹囆g(shù)家對(duì)整個(gè)藝術(shù)界的貢獻(xiàn)是評(píng)獎(jiǎng)的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，與作品展出效果無(wú)關(guān)。

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