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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.

© 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

Cynfas Issues

Issue 12: The Valleys Re-Told
Latest Issue
Editor's notes
The Valleys Re-Told
Klara Sroka
7 October 2024
Dowlais Visual Art Group
Dowlais Visual Art Group
7 October 2024
Dowlais Visual Art Group, Bed Sheet © Dowlais Visual Art Group
Monday: A Good Day for Washing
Dowlais Visual Art Group
7 October 2024
EVANS, Pauline, Merthyr Blues: Then and Now © Pauline Evans
Merthyr Blues: Inspiring new work
Dowlais Visual Art Group
7 October 2024
WILLCOCK, Jenny, Merthyr's Industrial Past 1 © Jenny Willcock
Changing Industries
Dowlais Visual Art Group
7 October 2024
Colliery Horses being selected for colliery work © Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Our Past
Lee Gardens Pool, Penrhiwceiber
7 October 2024
Our Memories
Lee Gardens Pool, Penrhiwceiber
7 October 2024
Our Stories
Lee Gardens Pool, Penrhiwceiber
7 October 2024
Penrhiwceiber Art Trail © Eleanor Whiteman
Our Present
Lee Gardens Pool, Penrhiwceiber
7 October 2024
Issue 11: Coastal Communities
Editor's notes
Editorial
Llŷr Titus
5 December 2023
HOWARD-Jones, Ray, "The Moon in St Brides" Skomer © Nicola Howard-Jones/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales 
Wonderful Tide
Lowri Hedd
5 December 2023
MARKS, Margret (Grete), Beach scene with tents © Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Coastal Kaleidoscope
Onismo Muhlanga
5 December 2023
WILLIAMS, Penry, Bechgyn-bysgotwyr © Amgueddfa Cymru
To the Sea with Me
Lois Elenid
5 December 2023
HURN, David, Coach Party, Aberavon Bay © David Hurn/Magnum/Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Yn Ein Llanw Ni
Gwenno Robinson
5 December 2023
Issue 10: Fashion
Editor's notes
Fashion
Charlotte James
16 November 2022
All The Men Were Suffering From Dust
Ffian Jones and Siôn Marshall-Waters
17 November 2022
The earth remains yet flowers change
Laurie Broughton
22 November 2022
Boyos
Megan Winstone
22 November 2022
A Warm Embrace
Ophelia Dos Santos
28 November 2022
Issue 9: Sustainability
Editor's notes
Helo Dyfan Helo Esyllt
Dyfan and Esyllt Lewis
25 July 2022
Breaking into the Herbarium
Heledd C. Evans and Rosey Brown
25 July 2022
Dreaming in gardens
Grug Muse
25 July 2022
‘Walking with Light’ © Peter Finnemore
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
Reflections of Covid
Jo-Anna Duncalf
15 December 2021
She let me play the organ
Mia Roberts
15 December 2021
Texture Map
Philip Cheater
15 December 2021
A World View
Geraint Ross Evans
15 December 2021
All the Rage (The Princess and the Pea)
Emily Laurens
15 December 2021
Do you think they know we’re Gay?
Dafydd Williams
15 December 2021
The Betrayal Cycle
João Saramago
15 December 2021
Issue 7: Power, Money and Visual Culture
Editor's notes
Power, Money and Visual Culture
Beau W. Beakhouse and Sadia Pineda Hameed
24 November 2021
Paintings, Peasants & Philanthropy
Jon Doyle
24 November 2021
In Response to the Police Truncheon
She Elloise
24 November 2021
Art Work as Work: Contesting Labour
Stephen Heinson
24 November 2021
Issue 6: Art and Music
Editor's notes
Art and Music
Emma Daman Thomas
19 July 2021
When Warhol Came To Bangor
Kieran Owen
19 July 2021
O Fargam i Valletta
Francesca Dimech
19 July 2021
Ouroboros
Madame Ceski
19 July 2021
Martin Parr, Snowdonia, Wales, 1989 © Martin Parr, Magnum Photos, Rocket Gallery © Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales © Celf ar y Cyd
Snowdonia, Wales 1989
Sweet Baboo
19 July 2021
Issue 5: Cynefin/Habitat
Editor's notes
Cynefin/Habitat
Manon Awst
27 May 2021
Cynefin Conversation Cards
Celf ar y Cyd
27 May 2021
AGORA
Catrin Menai
27 May 2021
Twigs of Ash
David Mullin
27 May 2021
Tomorrow Stones
GWENBA
27 May 2021
No Change
Sioned Jones
27 May 2021
The Folk Song We All Know
The Angharad
27 May 2021
Issue 4: Queer Looking
Editor's notes
I Can Only Dream Of Reaching
Owain Train McGilvary
30 March 2021
David Hurn, Gay Ball at the Registry Resort. Phoenix, Arizona USA. © David Hurn / MAGNUM Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
Issue 3: Art, Food and the Environment
Cardiff Carnival 1991 – Butetown Mas: Wales and the World © SWICA Carnival
Editor's notes
Birds in a Garden
Jon Gower
3 March 2021
A Table for Discussion
Rhian Davies
5 March 2021
Issue 2: Arts in Health
Editor's notes
Edition 2 - Arts in Health
Angela Maddock
28 October 2020
The Pause for Hospital Art
Zain Amir
28 October 2020
Where are the Disability Arts?
Amanda Wells
28 October 2020
H for Health and W, Well… Wellbeing
M C Davies
28 October 2020
Comfort in Small Things
Angela Maddock
28 October 2020
The Art of Wellbeing
Maria Hayes
28 October 2020
Learning Resource: Hexagon Patchwork
Becky Adams
10 November 2020
Issue 1: Black Lives Matter
Editor's notes
The Art of Afro
Cindy Liz-Ikie
13 October 2020
Celf ar y Cyd – The Brand
Rithika Pandey & Mark Gubb
13 October 2020
Learning Resources: For the Unknown Runner
Marvin Thompson
13 October 2020