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Glasgow artist scoops Turner prize

The Glasgow-based artist Richard Wright last night said he was “shocked” to win the most prestigious prize in contemporary art, the £25,000 Turner Prize.

Wright, at 49 only just within a strict age limit, won the award for his wall paintings and designs, and particularly his gold-leaf design at the Tate Britain in London, an art work traditionally made in “Medieval fashion”.