The International Awards for Art Criticism were devised by Awards for Art Criticism Ltd.,an international company limited by guarantee and registered in the UK with the aim of supervising the annual "International Awards for Art Criticism". The company is governed by a board chaired by Henry Meyric Hughes (critic, curator and honorary President of the International Association of Art Critics [AICA], Paris) and its members include Lewis Biggs (freelance curator, writer and cultural consultant), Juan Cruz (artist and Dean of Fine Art at the Royal College of Art), Ling Min (Professor of Art History at Shanghai University) and Ai Min (Board member of International Awards of Art Critiicism). The Board operates in full independence from national or supranational organisations and is free from commercial and other constraints.