Cynfas
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Discover a range of articles and videos perfect for that 5-minute browse or take a deep dive into a variety of subjects connected to contemporary art. From in-focus articles and videos about artists and artworks, to exhibition highlights, creative responses and information about different projects, take a look at contributions from across Wales.
Cynfas is your space to find contributions, discussions, and points of view on contemporary art.
Cynfas Issues
Issue 12: The Valleys Re-Told
Latest Issue
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