Hasta La Ideas

There’s a new Turner Prize winner as of yesterday afternoon, but you can’t see the art that helped win it. Scottish artist Susan Philipsz took home the big prize for her audio piece that involved recordings of her singing installed under three bridges in her native Glasgow (here’s video). While the British press usually have a field day bashing the annual award, not helped in any way earlier this year when there was that kerfuffle with press photographers, this time most critics seem to agree that Philipsz’ win was well-deserved and they generally liked her installation. However, it wasn’t all cheers and pats on the back. Instead, the Tate Britain, which has spent a healthy portion of 2010 as the target of protesters, found itself dealing with “between 60 and 200″ students, put behind ” who came out to voice complaints about government cuts to arts organizations. In the video below, Channel 4‘s live coverage of the award announcement, you can clearly hear the yelling in the background, particularly right before Miuccia Prada reveals the winner’s name:

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