Ben Borthwick has been appointed Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Artes Mundi – the UK’s largest art prize.
Borthwick is a curator and writer who specialises in contemporary art, with particular focus on sound and socially engaged practices . He joins Artes Mundi after seven years at Tate Modern where he was Assistant Curator and curated the exhibitions including Gilbert & George, Rodchenko and Popova and the Turbine Hall installation Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials.

How does a small country put itself on the map?
Geraint Talfan Davies, Chairman of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, writes about how Artes Mundi enriches cultural and educational life of the people of Wales, and helps to establish Wales’ place in the world.

We now have a room with a view – situated in one of Cardiff’s bustling arcades looking out over the rooftops of the city centre.

Levent Çalıkoğlu is Chief Curator of Istanbul Museum of Modern Art and selector of Artes Mundi 4. His co-selector is Viktor Misiano, a Russian freelance curator and writer.
They give their insight into the difficult task of choosing the final eight artists from their research and 500 nominations from around the globe