Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams wins Derek Williams Trust Purchase Award
In association with Artes Mundi, the Derek Williams Trust Purchase Award of £30,000, to acquire a work by one of the shortlisted artists for Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales contemporary art collection, was awarded to Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams for Tyrrau Mawr (2016), at the Artes Mundi 7 prize awarding dinner.
Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern, who formed part of the judging panel for the purchase award, announced the decision saying that the prize goes to “a truly international artist, who just happens to be Welsh.”
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