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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