CELF

CELF: the national contemporary art gallery for Wales

The Celf ar y Cyd website is a core feature of CELF. This initiative provides access both digitally and physically to the nation’s collections across Wales. Establishing a national contemporary art gallery for Wales is a key commitment of the Welsh Government’s Programme for Government. This commitment is being taken forward through a collaboration between the Arts Council of Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru and the National Library of Wales.

The national collections of contemporary art held by Amgueddfa Cymru and the National Library of Wales belong to everyone in Wales. The CELF model enables wider democratic access through a dispersed network of galleries across Wales. Through an extensive loans programme, people in Wales will be able to explore the collection within their own localities, whilst also ensuring more people across Wales, the UK, and internationally can have improved digital access to the national collection.

The nine venues that are members of the network of galleries are:

Working together to establish our national contemporary gallery for Wales