Awaiting the Critics' Bashing that May Never Come, Turner Prize Shortlist Announced

Back in the good old days, it used to be that the release of shortlist for the Tate Britain‘s Turner Prize meant it was the start of the season for the British press to start tearing it apart. But then the last two Turner winners, Richard Wright and most recently, Susan Philipsz won the prize, both of whom the press generally liked and heralded as quality, interesting artists. Now that the 2011 shortlist has just been released (it includes Karla Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd, and George Shaw), we’re frankly a bit worried that we won’t get to read angry (and often funny) pieces from critics like the Telegraph‘s Richard Dorment, who