Tanzania: Turner Prize 2017: Lubaina Himid

6 December 2017
Tate

Tanzanian-born Lubaina Himid has won Britain’s most prestigious art award - the Turner Prize. The Guardian reports that Himid is both the first woman of colour to win and the oldest winner in the prize’s 33-year history, after it dropped its upper age limit of 50.

BIOGRAPHY (Source: Tate Website)

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