city:londonderry

Irlande : Derry ou Londonderry ?
Par Sébastien Duval
Diffusion : lundi 24 août 2015

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Derry ou Londonderry ? Depuis des siècles, l’appellation de la deuxième plus grande ville d’Irlande du Nord est un sujet sensible entre les deux communautés. Les catholiques utilisent tous Derry, son nom d’origine. Certains protestants préfèrent en revanche le nom officiel, Londonderry. Majoritairement républicain, le conseil municipal a voté récemment pour l’abandon du préfixe royal London.

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BBC News - Turner Prize 2013: Laure Prouvost wins £25,000 prize
▻http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-25175225

Installation artist Laure Prouvost has won this year’s Turner Prize for her piece Wantee, which takes the audience in search of her fictional grandfather.

It was announced by actress Saoirse Ronan at a ceremony in Londonderry, the UK City of Culture 2013.

Prouvost beat humorous artist David Shrigley, painter Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and performance artist Tino Sehgal to take the £25,000 prize.

“I’m not ready, I didn’t expect it at all,” Prouvost said on stage in Derry.

“Four incredible artists here with me and the show. I thought it can’t be me, I was sure it was not me. So thank you everybody,” she said, as actress Ronan brought her young baby daughter onto the stage.

The French artist, who lives and works in Britain, thanked organisers for accepting her into the art scene.