MARK WALLINGER, the artist whose work includes dressing up as a bear, has won this year’s Turner Prize for his replica of the one-man anti-war protest in Parliament Square.

Los Angeles health chiefs are having trouble finding a TV station willing to air a public service announcement about syphilis that employs a lumpy, red cartoon character named “Phil the Sore”.

Minimalist artist Martin Creed - renowned for exhibiting a lump of Blu-Tack and a screwed up ball of paper - tonight won the British art world’s top award, the Turner Prize.

Pop superstar Madonna was adding her razzmatazz to the UK art world’s premier celebration today as she hands over the Turner Prize.

Pop superstar Madonna will add her razzmatazz to the UK art world’s premier celebration tomorrow as she hands over the Turner Prize.