When John Akomfrah was announced as this year’s winner of Artes Mundi, the UK’s leading prize for international contemporary art, it struck a chord across the art world. The artist’s work often explores the diaspora, colonialism and underrepresented communities, but his prize-winning piece Auto Da Fé – looking at the historical and modern day causes of migration and global displacement – connected with a topic currently at the forefront of the world’s consciousness. Here, Artes Mundi director Karen MacKinnon writes about its significance.
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