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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Steven Morris

‘Artists don’t do it for money’: Pacific Island creative wins Artes Mundi prize

Winner of the 2024 Artes Mundi prize, Taloi Havini, photographed next to her installation at Chapter Arts centre in Cardiff.
Winner of the 2024 Artes Mundi prize, Taloi Havini, photographed next to her installation at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff. Photograph: Francesca Jones/the Guardian

An artist from a small Pacific island who has found unexpected resonances with her work in the mountains, post-industrial landscapes and people of Wales has won the Artes Mundi prize, one of the UK’s most important contemporary arts awards.

Taloi Havini, who is from Buka Island in Bougainville, picked up the £40,000 prize at a ceremony in Cardiff, the home of the biennial exhibition and prize on Thursday evening.

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