Banksy and acclaimed BBC Two drama Wolf Hall are among the nominees for the South Bank Sky Arts Awards.
The elusive Bristol graffiti artist has been recognised in the visual art category for Dismaland. He will compete against Cornelia Parker for Magna Carta (An Embroidery) at The British Library and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses After Dusk at the Serpentine Gallery.
Dismaland opened at a derelict seaside lido at Weston-super-Mare in Somerset in August. The controversial attraction featured migrant boats, Jimmy Savile and an anarchist training camp.
Dismaland was dismantled and sent to Calais to be shelter for migrants.
Among the nominations highlights, the TV adaptation of Wolf Hall consolidates the success of novelist Hilary Mantel’s previous South Bank Sky Arts Awards win in 2013 for Bring Up The Bodies.
The BBC Two historical epic, which starred Oscar-winner Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell to Damian Lewis’ Henry VIII, is up against Suranne Jones’ BBC One drama Doctor Foster and Channel 4′s acclaimed Humans starring Gemma Chan.
Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, the South Bank Sky Arts Awards honours the very best of British culture and achievement.
This year’s ceremony, hosted by Lord Melvyn Bragg, will be held at London’s Savoy Hotel on June 5 and broadcast on Sky Arts on June 8.
The awards originated in 1997 in association with ITV’s incarnation of The South Bank Show. Lord Bragg has served as editor and host of the awards since their inception.
Full list of 2016 South Bank Sky Arts Award nominees
Visual art
Cornelia Parker: Magna Carta (An Embroidery), The British Library
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Verses After Dusk, Serpentine Gallery
Banksy: Dismaland Bemusement Park
Classical music
Stephen Hough, International Piano Series: Debussy and Chopin, Royal Festival Hall
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons’ Farewell Concert, Symphony Hall
Mark Simpson, The Immortal
Literature
Sarah Hall, The Wolf Border
Sunjeev Sahota, The Year Of The Runaways
Tessa Hadley, The Past
Theatre
Oresteia, Almeida Theatre
People, Places And Things, National Theatre and Headlong
Hangmen, Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court Theatre
Pop
Years & Years, Communion
Benjamin Clementine, At Least For Now
Sleaford Mods, Key Markets
Comedy
Chewing Gum, E4
Catastrophe, Channel 4
Peter Kay’s Car Share, BBC One
TV drama
Wolf Hall, BBC Two
Humans, Channel 4
Doctor Foster, BBC One
Opera
Krol Roger, Royal Opera House
Saul, Glyndebourne
Force Of Destiny, English National Opera
Film
Brooklyn
Ex Machina
45 Years
Dance
Woolf Works, The Royal Ballet
1984, Northern Ballet
Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me), Lost Dog
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