Salmon: A Red Herring
{{Short description|2020 book by Cooking Sections}}
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Salmon: A Red Herring is a 2020 book by the artist duo Cooking Sections, which consists of Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe. The work is associated with the duo's nomination for the Turner Prize in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://thecommontable.eu/salmon-a-red-herring/|title=Salmon: A Red Herring - The Common Table|date=May 26, 2021|website=thecommontable.eu}} It discusses the colour salmon, from its use in industrial salmon farming, as well as other ways in which colour has intersected with agribusiness.
An installation of the text was exhibited by Tate Britain in 2021 as part of its commitment to boycott farmed salmon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/exhibitions/daniel-fernandez-pascual-alon-schwabe-turner-prize-tate-farmed-salmon-menus-b933744.html|title=Duo up for Turner Prize after convincing Tate to drop farmed salmon|first=Robert|last=Dex|date=May 7, 2021|website=Evening Standard}} As a result, Tate galleries no longer serve farmed salmon.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/apr/04/salmon-art-duo-cooking-sections-booming-1bn-tate|title=If you like salmon, don't read this: the art duo exposing a booming £1bn market|date=April 4, 2021|website=The Guardian}}