Nudist Artist Loses Out as Turner Goes to Elizabeth Price

The Turner Prize, the U.K.’s top visual-arts award, last night went to Elizabeth Price, whose films splice together footage of such unrelated topics as 1960s girl bands and a fire in a furniture stockroom.

Price, the surprise winner, defeated Spartacus Chetwynd, a nudist performance artist who uses puppets, costumes and props to stage playful rituals. She also beat Paul Noble, whose meticulous pencil drawings are dotted with letters of the alphabet and with excrement.