Yes, It Is Art

I had been all ready to be annoyed about the Turner Prize, and in particular about the suggestion that there is anything left-wing about movements specifically designed to exclude those whose cultural and political self-expression they have (deliberately) done an enormous amount to destroy. But there was actually plenty of real art on this year's short list, and a worthy winner. No, not the bear business, which would have had me in full cry. State Modern is a hugely important and welcome work.