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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
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Cynfas Issues
Issue 9: Sustainability
Historical attitudes towards cut flowers and making sustainable choices today
Lowri Kirkham
25 July 2022
Lowri Kirkham
25 July 2022
Issue 8: Making New Work – Artists Respond to the Now
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 1: Black Lives Matter
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