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SELWAY, John, The Great Welsh Coal War © John Selway/Levi Selway/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
The Great Welsh Coal War
Maddie Webb, Works on Paper Curator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
24 January 2025
Maddie Webb, Works on Paper Curator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
24 January 2025
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POOLE, George, Untitled ('Woman Smoking with Wine') © George Poole/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales [after conservation treatment]
Conserving George Poole’s Paintings
Sarah Bayliss, Senior Paintings Conservator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
10 January 2025
Sarah Bayliss, Senior Paintings Conservator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
10 January 2025

© the artist. Courtesy of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, London/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Editorial Photography
Frank Auerbach: Head of E.O.W
James Milne, CELF Art Technician, Photography by Rhian Israel, CELF
6 December 2024
James Milne, CELF Art Technician, Photography by Rhian Israel, CELF
6 December 2024

WILLIAMS, Bedwyr, Tyrrau Mawr © Bedwyr Williams / Amgueddfa Cymru
Tyrrau Mawr in Llanbedrog
Gwyn Jones, Alex Boyd Jones, Zoe Lewthwaite, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw
6 November 2024
Gwyn Jones, Alex Boyd Jones, Zoe Lewthwaite, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw
6 November 2024

Learning Article
Art Makes You Speak - Sketchy Welsh's Guide to discussing Art
Josh Morgan (Sketchy Welsh)
12 September 2024
Josh Morgan (Sketchy Welsh)
12 September 2024

VIOLET, Jasmine, The last place we shared, 2023 © Jasmine Violet
Maps, art and decolonisation
Ellie King, Assistant Maps Curator, National Library of Wales
6 September 2024
Ellie King, Assistant Maps Curator, National Library of Wales
6 September 2024

DONKOR, Joshua, Eric Ngalle Charles © Joshua DonkorNational Library of Wales Collection
Decolonising the National Art Collection
Morfudd Bevan, Art Curator, National Library of Wales
29 August 2024
Morfudd Bevan, Art Curator, National Library of Wales
29 August 2024

HAINES, Elizabeth, The Other Land © Elizabeth Haines
Idyll and Industry: Curating the exhibition at the National Library of Wales
Mari Elin Jones, Interpretation Officer, National Library of Wales
16 August 2024
Mari Elin Jones, Interpretation Officer, National Library of Wales
16 August 2024

Teulu (Family) Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Ffion Rhys, Curator and Elin Vaughan Crowley, Artist - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
3 June 2024
Ffion Rhys, Curator and Elin Vaughan Crowley, Artist - Aberystwyth Arts Centre
3 June 2024

KANDINSKY, Vasilii, Acid Green Crescent © Amgueddfa Cymru
Learning Article
New poems by pupils across Wales
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
7 May 2024
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
7 May 2024

MISTRY, Dhruva, Reguarding Guardians of Art © Dhruva Mistry, CBE RA/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Dhruva Mistry: From study to sculpture
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
24 April 2024
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
24 April 2024

Learning Article
Behind the Scenes: Conservation
Sarah Bayliss and Kitty Caiden, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
15 April 2024
Sarah Bayliss and Kitty Caiden, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
15 April 2024

Con Brio Centrepiece, NGUYEN, Theresa © Theresa Theper/Penelope and Oliver Makower(1974)Trust/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Con Brio Centrepiece: A P&O Makower Trust commission
Andrew Renton, Head of Design Collections, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 March 2024
Andrew Renton, Head of Design Collections, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 March 2024

Ponterwyd / Gaia, JONES, Mary Lloyd © Mary Lloyd Jones
Cyfoes Exhibition: National Library of Wales
Morfudd Bevan and Nia Dafydd, National Library of Wales
19 March 2024
Morfudd Bevan and Nia Dafydd, National Library of Wales
19 March 2024

Mounira Al Solh, In Love in Blood © Mounira Al Solh / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Artes Mundi 10: A new work for the Derek Williams Trust and Amgueddfa Cymru
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
9 February 2024
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
9 February 2024

Comparing two artists: John Selway and Denys Short
Nicholas Thornton, Head of Fine and Contemporary Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
18 January 2024
Nicholas Thornton, Head of Fine and Contemporary Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
18 January 2024

Oxfam Books and Music, Castle Street, Swansea © Oxfam Castle Street, Swansea
A new acquisition: David Shrigley's Pulped Fiction
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 December 2023
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
21 December 2023

FLANAGAN, Barry, Small Nijinsky Hare © Artist Estate / Bridgeman
New British Sculpture of the 1980s
Jennifer Dudley, Art Collections Management and Access Curator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
20 November 2023
Jennifer Dudley, Art Collections Management and Access Curator, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
20 November 2023

Broken Yet Beautiful
Apekshit Sharma, Curatorial Intern, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
14 November 2023
Apekshit Sharma, Curatorial Intern, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
14 November 2023

The Rainbow, TURNER, J.M.W., © Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Art in Hospitals: Working with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Sara Treble-Parry and Steph Roberts
15 September 2023
Sara Treble-Parry and Steph Roberts
15 September 2023

7 Quick Questions with Chloe Jones from the Demystifying Acquisitions Group
Chloe Jones
31 July 2023
Chloe Jones
31 July 2023

Demystifying Acquisitions: label writing, conservation and going against the grain – a look behind the curtain
Abraham Makanjuola
28 July 2023
Abraham Makanjuola
28 July 2023

Learning Article
The Chester Play of the Deluge - David Jones from sketch to print
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 April 2023
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 April 2023

Learning Article
What Can you Do in a Gallery?
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
5 April 2023
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
5 April 2023

Escape, REGO, Paula, © Ostrich Arts Ltd/Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Brutally Honest: The Female Genital Mutilation Series by Paula Rego
Melissa Munro, Senior Curator: Derek Williams Collection
12 February 2023
Melissa Munro, Senior Curator: Derek Williams Collection
12 February 2023

The Rules of Art? A discussion with artist Caroline Walker
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 February 2023
Carys Tudor, Digital Curator: Art, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
12 February 2023

Cardiff v Everton football match. 1977, HURN, David, © David Hurn/Magnum/Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Learning Article
Welsh Football and Art
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
25 January 2023
Sean Kenny, Senior Learning Officer, Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
25 January 2023
Cynfas Issues
Issue 12: The Valleys Re-Told
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Issue 11: Coastal Communities
Issue 10: Fashion
Issue 9: Sustainability
Issue 8: Making New Work – Artists Respond to the Now

Editor's notes
Making New Work: Artists Respond to the Now
Amgueddfa Cymru and Arts Council of Wales
20 December 2021
Amgueddfa Cymru and Arts Council of Wales
20 December 2021
Issue 7: Power, Money and Visual Culture

The Writing on the Wall: Marginalised Communities and Graffiti as Resistance
Georgia Day
24 November 2021
Georgia Day
24 November 2021
Issue 6: Art and Music
Issue 5: Cynefin/Habitat
Issue 4: Queer Looking
Issue 3: Art, Food and the Environment
Issue 2: Arts in Health
Issue 1: Black Lives Matter
Editor's notes
Black Lives Matter: Moving from Black History to Black bodies, the politics projected onto them and the memories they hold.
Umulkhayr Mohamed
13 October 2020
Umulkhayr Mohamed
13 October 2020

Liquid Gold: looking at the liquidity of meaning and merit ascribed to gold across time and cultures
Sharon Kostini & Maoa Eliam
13 October 2020
Sharon Kostini & Maoa Eliam
13 October 2020

Reimagining Ndidi Ekubia’s The Punchbowl and ladle as an allegory for identity, hope and change
Korkor Kanor
13 October 2020
Korkor Kanor
13 October 2020