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Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain 23.05.25 - 02.11.2025 Daniel Trivedy A Tiger in the Castle Image courtesy of the artist.

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain 23.05.25 - 02.11.25 Nikhil Chopra’s From Land to Fire, 2025

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain 23.05.25 - 02.11.25 Adeela Suleman (b. 1970), Imperium Amidst Opium Blossoms: A Kashidakari on the era of the East India Company, 2025

Tigers & Dragons: India and Wales in Britain 23.05.25 - 02.11.2025 Bushra Wakas Khan (b.1986) Blodeuwedd, 2025 Gilding on Organza, Silk, Velvet and Swarovski Crystals Breacan, 2025 Silk and Thread Teigrod a Dreigiau: India a Chymru ym Mhrydain 23.05.25 - 02.11.2025 Bushra Wakas Khan (b.1986) Blodeuwedd, 2025 Eurwaith ar organsa, sidan, melfed a chrisialau Swarovski Crisialau Breacan, 2025 Sidan ac edau

Come As You Really Are 15 February – 27 April Hetain Patel is a London based artist and filmmaker. His films, sculptures, live performances, paintings and photographs have been shown worldwide in galleries, theatres and on iconic public screens, including Piccadilly Circus, London, and Times Square, New York. His works have been presented at the Venice Biennale, Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing and Tate Modern, London, to Sadler’s Wells. Patel’s work exploring identity and freedom, using choreography, text and popular culture appears in multiple formats and media, intended to reach the widest possible audience. His video and performance work online have been watched over 50 million times, which includes his TED talk of 2013 titled, ‘Who Am I? Think Again’. Come As You Really Are 15 Chwefror a 27 Ebrill Mae Hetain Patel yn artist ac yn wneuthurwr ffilmiau o Lundain. Mae ei ffilmiau, ei gerfluniau, ei berfformiadau byw, ei baentiadau a’i ffotograffau wedi cael eu dangos ledled y byd mewn oriela

Flight and aerial warfare have inspired new artistic perspectives throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Taking as a starting point, the IWM collection artworks selected by Heather Phillipson for display alongside Out of This World, Rebecca Newell considers how artists have grappled with seen and unseen threats from the sky – and with aircraft, parachutes, balloons, clouds and light – to forge new forms of representation. Rebecca Newell has been IWM’s Head of Art since 2017, working on all aspects related to the care, display and interpretation of the museum’s preeminent art collection. She was lead curator for the Blavatnik Art, Film and Photography Galleries which opened at IWM London in November 2023, and also leads the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund art commissioning programme. With a background in art history and museology, she is part of the research-active staff community at IWM, engaging in research, publishing and exhibition projects to deepen understanding of war and its impact. Her current areas of r

A World of Mystery: the life of Margaret Watts Hughes The name of Margaret Watts Hughes will not be familiar to many, but it certainly should be. A Dowlais born, child vocalist of great fame, who grew to be known across the country for her voice. Fascinated by sound she invented a way of making the human voice visible. To her there was an invisible world of mystery that sound revealed, and she was at the forefront of revealing that world. A selection of Margaret Watts Hughes Voice Figures, chosen by Heather, are currently on display in Room 8 from Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery Collection as part of the Out of this World exhibition. An IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund commission in partnership with Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. Ni fydd enw Margaret Watts Hughes yn gyfarwydd i nifer ohonoch, ond, yn sicr, dylai’r enw fod yn un cyfarwydd iawn. Ganwyd y gantores, a ddaeth i’r amlwg pan oedd hi’n blentyn, yn Nowlais, a daeth yn adnabyddus ar draws y wlad am ei llais. Cafodd ei swyno gan sain, ac roedd hi’n arb

Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 2 by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Rhodri Davies, Response To Spirit Mirror, Track 1 by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Rhodri Davies And Joan Jones, William Blake's Prophecy In Spirit Mirror by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery - On Air

Curator Gilly Fox guides us around the Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition, 'Not Without My Ghosts, The Artist As Medium'. Fox talks about the varied work in the exhibition, ranging from the late 19th century to the present day, looking at how artists’ have engaged with séances, channelling, automatic writing and other paranormal investigations. Gilly Fox, Assistant Curator at Hayward Gallery Touring. Fox lectures on fine art, curating and photography courses across the UK. In 2016, Gilly Fox was selected for the Clore Leadership programme and launched her independent art consultancy, advising clients on commissioning artists and work for built environment. Mae’r curadur, Gilly Fox, yn ein tywys o gwmpas arddangosfa Hayward Gallery Touring, ‘Not Without My Ghosts, The Artist As Medium’. Mae Fox yn sôn am waith amrywiol yr arddangosfa sy’n dyddio o ddiwedd y 19eg ganrif hyd heddiw, gan edrych ar sut mae artistiaid wedi ymgysylltu â seansau, sianelu, ysgrifennu awtomatig ac ymchwiliadau goruwchnaturiol eraill

Artist Joan Jones performed ‘Gloomy Mayhill Walk’ as part of our Glynn Vivian Art Night: Supporting LGBT+ History Month in February 2020. Listen again to this captivating journey through the streets and pathways of Mayhill. Perfformiodd yr artist Joan Jones 'Gloomy Mayhill Walk' fel rhan o Noson Gelf Glynn Vivian: Cefnogi Ms Hanes LGBT+ ym mis Chwefror 2020. Gwrandewch unwaith eto ar y daith hudolus hon drwy strydoedd a llwybrau Mayhill.

The Victorians viewed sight as the ‘sovereign’ of the senses and considered its loss highly disabling. From the late eighteenth century onwards charitable institutions provided education and training for blind children. Wealthy philanthropists such as Richard Glynn Vivian supported blind people’s charities, but from the middle of the nineteenth century blind people became increasingly critical of charity and the attitudes of pity that underpinned it. This talk explores these arguments and their relevance to disability activism today. Glynn Vivian’s own sight declined in later life, and the talk also examines the experiences of people with visual impairments.

Bob Gelsthorpe is an artist, writer and co-director at Bit Studios. Faith is the key driving force in his practice-based research, which includes drawing, performance, photography, sculpture and curatorial projects. The work dictates the medium, as opposed to a medium focussed practice. Bob recorded this talk while he was our Artist in Residence during November 2015.

Artist, musician, collector, performer and designer Aled Simons joined Learning officer Tom Goddard to talk about his practice and time on his residency, recorded in July 2015.

In this episode Lecturer and artist Tiff Oben presents the first in a series of three talks, searching for the Masters, overlooked makers, objects and the obscure, in a personal response to the Glynn Vivian Collection. Recorded in September 2014

In this episode, join Emma Gifford Mead as she discusses her curatorial practice including highlights from her time at Oriel Davies, Parasol Unit, and the British Council, leading up to curating the Jeremy Deller exhibition at the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2013. Recorded in March 2014

Joan Jones was our Artist in Residence from December to January 2015. In this episode, Joan and Learning officer Tom Goddard discuss Joan's influences, life and experiences during the residency.

This episode is an extract from Last year’s Wakelin award winner Clare Woods, who was recorded in September 2014 in conversation with Amanda Farr, director of Oriel Davies and selector of the award.