Susan Philipsz wins the Turner prize – and art students stage a 'teach-in'

Artist Susan Philipsz, moments after being told that she had won the 2010 Turner prize Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

Fashion guru Miuccia Prada awarded this year's prize at a glitzy ceremony at Tate Britain, chaired by gallery director Nicholas Serota Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

Philipsz is the first artist working exclusively in sound to have been shortlisted for the £25,000 award Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Born in Glasgow, Philipsz studied Fine Art in Dundee. She now lives in Berlin Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

Philipsz's Lowlands, the work for which she won the prize, is a sound recording of the artist herself singing three different versions of a Scottish ballad. It was originally played out on speakers installed under bridges on the Clyde in her native Glasgow Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian

Grayson Perry – resplendently dressed, as ever – was one of hundreds of guests at the party, which kicked off soon afterwards Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images

But the Turner prize wasn't the only show in town: between 200 and 400 student demonstrators picketed the event, protesting against cuts in funding and increases in tuition fees Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

After staging a 'teach-in' in the gallery, they were shunted by police to the main foyer, where their chanting disrupted the live TV broadcast Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

'This demonstration is not in opposition to the Turner prize but about the fact that our arts and culture are in jeopardy,' said one of the protestors. 'It's about the future of the Turner prize. How can it continue without artists being trained?' Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

And many inside were sympathetic to their cause: Nick Serota publicly applauded their actions, while Philipsz herself said afterwards: 'My heart goes out to them. I really support them' Photograph: Dave M. Benett/Getty Images