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2 December 2014 Last updated at 03:02

Duncan Campbell wins Turner PrizeStill from Duncan Campbell's video showing an African mask

Dublin-born film artist Duncan Campbell wins this year's £25,000 Turner Prize for a video that reflects on African art and includes a dance sequence inspired by Karl Marx.

Actor Ellar Coltrane seen in a scene from BoyhoodBoyhood wins top NY film award

A film 12 years in the making, Boyhood, has won top honours at the New York Film Critics awards, which opens the pre-Oscars awards season.

The cast of the Hobbit at the premiere of the film at the Odeon Leicester Square in central LondonGreen carpet for Hobbit premiere

Film stars gathered on a green carpet earlier for the world premier of the third and final instalment of Sir Peter Jackson's The Hobbit films.

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Will Gompertz Article written by Will Gompertz Will Gompertz Arts editor

Can art and artist be separated?

28 November 2014

Can we judge an artwork purely on its own merits - be it a film, painting, play or sitcom - or do we inevitably take its creator's character into account?

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