Simeon Barclay shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2026

Portraits of artist Simeon Barclay wearing a black suit with white shirt in a minimal semi-industrial setting

Workplace is delighted to announce that Simeon Barclay has been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2026. Barclay is nominated for The Ruin, performed at ICA, London and The Hepworth, Wakefield in 2025. Commissioned and first presented by the Roberts Institute of Art, The Ruin is Barclay’s first live performance, bringing together spoken word and percussion by James Larter and horn by Isaac Shieh. The Turner Prize will be hosted at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) in Autumn 2026.

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