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Art in Wales: an illustrated history 1850–1980 describes the standard of exhibitions in Wales private galleries as "uneven", but singles out the Howard Roberts Gallery in Cardiff as one of the "two outstanding private galleries in Wales". [15] The first private art gallery, called the Cardiff Gallery, opened in 1953 but only lasted a year or ...
In 2014/15 the gallery became part of a wider Artes Mundi exhibition, staging works by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson and Croatian artist Sanja Iveković for Artes Mundi 6. [ 5 ] In 2018 Ffotogallery announced that it would be leaving Turner House for new premises in the centre of Cardiff, starting in July 2019.
Since 2003, the Artes Mundi art prize has been held every two years at the National Museum Cardiff. Since 2014/15, the prize and exhibition has expanded into other venues The prize is the biggest art prize in the United Kingdom with £40,000 for each year's winner. [3] Though the exhibition takes place in Cardiff, the focus is on international ...
The museum has collections of botany, fine and applied art, geology, and zoology. Archaeology has been moved to the St Fagans National Museum of History. [3]In 2011, with funding from the Clore Duffield Foundation, the former Glanely Gallery was transformed into the Clore Discovery Centre, which offers hands-on exploration of the museum's 7.5 million items that are normally in storage ...
The study recommended the National Gallery of Art for Wales, to be based in a reconfigured site in Cathays Park, Cardiff, while the National Centre for Contemporary Art was recommended in the 2008 study to be housed in a "white box space" in either Riverside, Newport or in Swansea. The Welsh Government acted on neither of the 2008 study's ...
Oriel Canfas, Canton - run by artists who were formerly based at the Old Library in Cardiff city centre until the late 1990s [13] [14] Cardiff MADE, Roath [15] [16] Gallery Celf, Bangor Street, Roath [17] Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay; G39 - art gallery, opened 1998 in the city centre and relocated to a larger space off City Road ...
Inside the Museum of Cardiff. Cardiff Council had been seeking the permanent use of the Old Library since the closure of the Cardiff Centre for Visual Arts in 2000. [7]The Cardiff Strategic Tourism Growth Area Action Plan, supported by Cardiff Council and Wales Tourist Board (now Visit Wales), looked at major elements essential to developing Cardiff as a tourism destination, and came with £2 ...
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, [2] [3] branded as simply Amgueddfa Cymru (formerly the National Museums and Galleries of Wales and legally National Museum of Wales), [4] is a Welsh Government sponsored body that comprises seven museums in Wales: National Museum Cardiff – formerly the National Museum of Wales; St Fagans National Museum of ...