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20 emerging artists on display in Cardiff gallery G39 – NO TIME TO PLAN AN ENDING | ART PREVIEW

November 2, 2021

Part of its Fellowship programme, Cardiff's G39 showcases the work of 20 emergeing artists in No Time To Plan An Ending.

Category: Previews, Art Region: South Wales

“Organising the Depeche Mode archives brought me an incredible sense of joy” – MICHAELA OLEXOVA | INTERVIEW

November 1, 2021

From fan to official Depeche Mode photographer, Michaela Olexova talks to David Nobakht about what a dream come true her book DREAM was to create.

Category: Interviews, Music, Photography

A profound documentation of a vibrant community – DIFFUSION: BRIAN OTIENO | ART REVIEW

October 29, 2021

One of several exhibitions by African photographers showing at this year’s Diffusion Festival, The Gentlemen Of Kibera is stylish and soulful.

Category: Reviews, Photography Region: South Wales

Redeveloped Pontypridd YMCA unveils new name – COMMUNITY | FEATURE

October 29, 2021

The multi-million-pound redevelopment of the Pontypridd YMCA now includes a brand new name - chosen by the community it'll serve.

Category: Life, Art, Community

Cardiff’s long-running new music fest returns – SŴN FESTIVAL 2021 | PHOTODIARY

October 19, 2021

Womanby Street bustling all of last weekend. Hannah Nicholson-Tottle got in on the act and captured some of the finest young locals in their element…

Category: Festivals, Photography Region: South Wales

JACQUELINE DE JONG: THE ULTIMATE KISS | ART PREVIEW

October 7, 2021

The Ultimate Kiss is the first full-scale UKexhibition for remarkable Dutch artist Jacqueline de Jong, representing each segment of her six-decade career.

Category: Previews, Art Region: North Wales

NORTHERN EYE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL | PREVIEW

October 7, 2021

With its sister event in Aberystwyth having fallen victim to the pandemic last year, it’s a relief to see the return of the Northern Eye Photography Festival to Colwyn Bay – and with a stellar lineup of speakers.

Category: Photography, Previews Region: North Wales

BASKETRY: RHYTHM, RENEWAL & REINVENTION | ART PREVIEW

October 5, 2021

Gregory Parsons, primary curator at Ruthin Craft Centre in Denbighshire, has with Rhythm, Renewal & Reinvention brought together work by around three dozen contemporary basket makers.

Category: Previews, Art Region: North Wales

WORKERS GALLERY OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHY | PREVIEW

October 1, 2021

Rhondda gallery the Workers has assembled a challenging bill of photographic exhibitions for October, including Dale Evans' look at gay subcultures, Lorna Cabble's homage to burlesque and Mohamed Hassan's show Self Wort

Category: Photography, Previews Region: South Wales

DIFFUSION 2021 | ART PREVIEW

September 29, 2021

The fifth edition of Diffusion, a biennial celebration of international photography, will return to Cardiff in October, expanding to Newport too this time, and in Noel Gardner’s view looks better than ever.

Category: Photography, Previews Region: South Wales

PORTAL 2021 | ART PREVIEW

September 27, 2021

The latest edition of Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre's annual mixed shows of degree work under the Portal banner gathers work by 19 young artists.

Category: Previews, Art Region: South Wales

THREAD | ART REVIEW

September 27, 2021

Swansea gallery Elysium’s group show Thread brings together four established artists to explore the vast possibilities of what can be created with textiles

Category: Reviews, Art Region: West Wales

RHIANNON LOWE | INTERVIEW

August 5, 2021

For Cardiff-based artist Rhiannon Lowe, it’s been a long journey to her recently opened exhibition at Swansea’s Mission Gallery, Cekca Het: Trans Panic. Patrick Driscall finds out about her background, practise, influences and much more.

Category: Interviews, Art Region: South Wales, West Wales

NATHAN WYBURN | INTERVIEW

July 19, 2021

Ben Woolhead pops into Cardiff city centre, takes a look at an exhibition of work by a fella you may know as ‘the guy who makes pictures of people out of food’, likes what he sees and speaks to Nathan Wyburn, the food people picture guy in question, to find out more.

Category: Interviews, Art Region: South Wales

G39: SURVEY II | ART REVIEW

July 15, 2021

Mab Jones plunges back into the wild world of up-close, not-on-your-computer-monitor visual art with a thrilling nationally-sourced group show at Cardiff’s G39.

Category: Reviews, Art Region: South Wales

BUZZ CULTURE: RHIANNON LOWE | ART PREVIEW

July 12, 2021

BUZZ CULTURE: RHIANNON LOWE | ART PREVIEW “We have no sex and we’re very much against it.” So said Russian woman Lyudmila Ivanova, after an American commented on the sexualised …

Category: Previews, Art Region: South Wales

PEAK: PLATFFORM 2 | ART PREVIEW

June 17, 2021

PEAK: PLATFFORM 2 | ART PREVIEW Helping to launch the month-long Art Night 2021, filmmaker Alberta Whittle’s latest work will be shown at Peak’s new space in Abergavenny Railway …

Category: Interviews, Previews, Art Region: South Wales

OUR CREATIVE PLACE | FEATURE

May 27, 2021

OUR CREATIVE PLACE | FEATURE Billie Ingram Sofokleous profiles the south Wales artists behind 11 new pieces of work which have sprung from the Creative Cardiff project, and which …

Category: Interviews, Art Region: South Wales

ODE TO ANNA | ART PREVIEW

April 22, 2021

ODE TO ANNA | ART PREVIEW Anna Atkins, the first woman photographer, died 150 years ago, in June 1871. To mark this occasion, Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in Cwmbran …

Category: Previews, Photography, Art Region: South Wales

SALVENTIUS | INTERVIEW

April 22, 2021

SALVENTIUS | INTERVIEW Close friends get to call him Niels Kiené, but you can refer to him as “that Dutch artist who does continuous one-line drawings which look really …

Category: Interviews, Art

LOCKDOWN, 2020, THROUGH A 6 YEAR OLD’S EYES | ART PREVIEW

April 14, 2021

MEGAN WOOD: LOCKDOWN, 2020, THROUGH A 6 YEAR OLD’S EYES | ART PREVIEW Like many artists, Megan Wood had already taken her first steps in her favoured medium by …

Category: Interviews, Previews, Art Region: South Wales

BUZZ CULTURE: PONTYPRIDD ARTS CENTRE DEVELOPMENT | FEATURE

April 8, 2021

BUZZ CULTURE: PONTYPRIDD ARTS CENTRE DEVELOPMENT | FEATURE Artist duo Heinrich & Palmer’s design for Pontypridd’s new centre for culture and art is inspired by the Welsh national anthem, …

Category: Interviews, Art Region: South Wales

NICK HEDGES | INTERVIEW

March 4, 2021

NICK HEDGES | INTERVIEW Ben Woolhead speaks to a British documentary photographer whose 1960s and 70s work with housing charity Shelter shone a vital light on a national crisis, …

Category: Books, Interviews, Photography

10 THINGS TO DO | JANUARY 2021

January 22, 2021

10 THINGS TO DO | JANUARY 2021 Naysayers and sadsacks will tell you that right now, there is “nothing to do”, but there are things. Exactly 10 of them, …

Category: Life, Music, Sport, Art, 10 Things To Do This Week

20 emerging artists on display in Cardiff gallery G39 – NO TIME TO PLAN AN ENDING | ART PREVIEW

“Organising the Depeche Mode archives brought me an incredible sense of joy” – MICHAELA OLEXOVA | INTERVIEW

A profound documentation of a vibrant community – DIFFUSION: BRIAN OTIENO | ART REVIEW

Redeveloped Pontypridd YMCA unveils new name – COMMUNITY | FEATURE

Cardiff’s long-running new music fest returns – SŴN FESTIVAL 2021 | PHOTODIARY

JACQUELINE DE JONG: THE ULTIMATE KISS | ART PREVIEW

NORTHERN EYE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL | PREVIEW

BASKETRY: RHYTHM, RENEWAL & REINVENTION | ART PREVIEW

WORKERS GALLERY OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHY | PREVIEW

DIFFUSION 2021 | ART PREVIEW

PORTAL 2021 | ART PREVIEW

THREAD | ART REVIEW

RHIANNON LOWE | INTERVIEW

NATHAN WYBURN | INTERVIEW

G39: SURVEY II | ART REVIEW

BUZZ CULTURE: RHIANNON LOWE | ART PREVIEW

PEAK: PLATFFORM 2 | ART PREVIEW

OUR CREATIVE PLACE | FEATURE

ODE TO ANNA | ART PREVIEW

SALVENTIUS | INTERVIEW

LOCKDOWN, 2020, THROUGH A 6 YEAR OLD’S EYES | ART PREVIEW

BUZZ CULTURE: PONTYPRIDD ARTS CENTRE DEVELOPMENT | FEATURE

NICK HEDGES | INTERVIEW

10 THINGS TO DO | JANUARY 2021

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