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Heads up: how helmets inspired British modernists
Deborah Nash explores the rich symbolism of the headgear.
Highlight: Indian artists
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Sutapa Biswas: entwining colonial history and personal memory
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StorySutapa Biswas: entwining colonial history and personal memory
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Indian art: the legacies of the Baroda school
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StoryIndian art: the legacies of the Baroda school
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Samuel Fyzee-Rahamin: the first Muslim artist in the Tate collection
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StorySamuel Fyzee-Rahamin: the first Muslim artist in the Tate collection
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The roots of the Indian artists' collectives in Britain
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StoryThe roots of the Indian artists' collectives in Britain
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Heads up: how helmets inspired B… 17 February 2025, Deborah Nash -
© Gilbert & George. Image credit: National Museums NI
Art lovers: do you know thes… 14 February 2025, Imelda Barnard -
© David Hockney. Image credit: The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art
Drawing as disruption: twentieth-century artists who used drawi… 13 February 2025, Simon Coates -
Left: Eliza Fraser of Castle Fraser (detail), right: James Byres of Tonley (detail). Left: oil on canvas by Henry Raeburn (1756–1823), right: 1782–1791, pastel on paper by Hugh Douglas Hamilton (1739–1808). Image credit: National Trust for Scotland, Castle Fraser, Garden & Estate / Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Eighteenth-century queer Scottish lives: Elyza Fraser and James Byres 11 February 2025, Indigo Dunphy-Smith -
Image credit: Towner
Women drawing nu… 7 February 2025, Eliza Goodpasture -
Image credit: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Why was drawing so important in… 5 February 2025, Louisa McKenzie -
© the artist. Image credit: World Rugby Museum
The game they play in heaven: Wales's enduring love for rugby union 31 January 2025, Leigh Manley -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: UCL Culture
First class: overlooked women artists of the Slade School of Fine Art 30 January 2025, Helen Downes -
© estate of Josef Herman. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Ben Uri Collection
Drawing in extremis:… 29 January 2025, Sarah MacDougall -
© the artist. Image credit: Jerwood Collection
The pane of sepa… 24 January 2025, Olivia Moinuddin - View all 771
Artist in focus
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Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Stanislawa de Karlowska: th… 21 February 2025, Rebecca Lloyd James -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Thelma Hulbert: the… 19 February 2025, Alicia Foster -
© the estate of Donald G. Rodney. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Donald Rodney: from Blackness and disability, outwards 18 February 2025, Gregory Salter -
© the artist. Image credit: Tate
Eva Rothschild:… 12 February 2025, Imelda Barnard -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Arthur Berry: the Staffordshi… 3 February 2025, Samantha Howard -
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
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© Estate of Alfred Aaron Wolmark. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Derby Museums
The modernist transformation of Alfred Wolmark: from Jewish East End to sunlit France 17 January 2025, Adam Wattam -
Image credit: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Culture Service, Leighton House Museum
The careful draughtsman: Frederic Leighton's drawings 14 January 2025, Pola Durajska -
La Crau from Montmajour, France. 1888, reed & quill pen and brown ink, over black chalk & graphite by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890). Image credit: British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
A laughing landscape: the literary legacy of Van Gogh's Montmajour… 19 December 2024, Edward Richards - View all 552
Artwork in focus
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'Mining, Pottery and the Sciences', on the front of the Cadman Building, University of Staffordshire. Image credit: Katey Goodwin
Treasures of Stoke-on-Trent: 'Mining, Pottery and the Sciences' 6 February 2025, Anna Francis -
Image credit: The National Gallery, London
Leonardo da Vinci's mystery drawing: the Burlington House Cartoon 23 January 2025, Per Rumberg and Nicholas Flory -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima
Whole, Half, Quarter: a poem 15 January 2025, Esme Boggis -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: David Ovenden / Art UK
An ode to Lea Valley: Alan Potter's 'Gateway… 15 January 2025, Esme Boggis -
Through the Looking Glass (detail). 1960, oil on canvas by Jean Cooke (1927–2008). © Royal Academy of Arts. Image credit: Royal Academy of Arts
Through the looking glass with Jean Cooke 27 September 2024, Ruth Millington -
Detail of 'La ghirlandata' (1873). Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882). Image credit: City of London Corporation
Breaking through: looking closely at Rossetti's 'La ghirlandata' 24 September 2024, Nicholas Dunn-McAfee -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Cromer Museum
Write on Art: Olive Edis's 'Hong Kong H… 16 September 2024, Eve Williams -
© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Lakeland Arts
Write on Art: Pau… 16 September 2024, Flora Dodd -
© Sarah Lucas, courtesy Sadie Coles HQ, London. Image credit: Tate
Write on Art: Sarah Lucas's… 16 September 2024, Amelie Roscoe -
Image credit: IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Write on Art: Paul Nash's 'We Are Making a New World' 16 September 2024, Evie Wildish - View all 300
News
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© the copyright holder. Image credit: University of St Andrews
Announcing a new partnership with the University of St Andrews 10 February 2025, Art UK -
© reproduced with kind permission of the Cuneo estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: National Railway Museum / Science & Society Picture Library
Vote for your favourite UK railway artwork to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway 3 February 2025, Art UK and Railway 200 -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: McLean Museum and Art Gallery – Inverclyde Council
Putting an economic value on Art UK 17 December 2024, Andrew Ellis -
Avril Martindale and Lisa Wong. Image credit: Image credits: Avril Martindale and Lisa Wong
More new trustees join Art UK's board 17 December 2024, Art UK -
© the artist. Image credit: Government Art Collection
Visual literacy… 26 November 2024, Art UK -
Ferren Gipson. Image credit: courtesy of Ferren Gipson
Ferren Gipson: close looking… 30 September 2024, Gemma Briggs -
Sarah Graham. Image credit: Gemma Briggs
Sarah Graham: I want kids to k… 30 September 2024, Gemma Briggs -
© The Singh Twins: www.singhtwins.co.uk. Image credit: The Singh Twins
Introducing Art UK's first Visual Literacy Week 27 September 2024, Andrew Ellis -
Four new Trustees of Art UK, September 2024. Image credit: Caroline Campbell, Kate Wolstenholme, Sarah Hayden, Lewis Patrick
New trustees join Art UK's board 24 September 2024, Art UK -
Write on Art 2024 award ceremony. Image credit: Greta Zabulyte
Write on Art: the winners 2024 16 September 2024, Maggie Hills - View all 202
Artist interview
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Dalziel + Scullion, 2025. Image credit: Louis Dalziel
Seven questions with Dalziel + Scullion 4 February 2025, Nichol Keene -
© the artist. Image credit: The Fleming Collection
Frances Walker: solitude and the Scottish landsc… 27 January 2025, Susan Mansfield -
WMMWM. 2024, painting by Wojciech Antoni Sobczyński. © the artist. Image credit: Morley College
Barriers and borders: an interview with Wojciech Antoni Sobczyński 27 January 2025, Melissa Baksh -
Cup & Tray, Large Vase and Teapot. 2022, bone china & porcelain tray by Lowri Davies (b.1978). Private collection. © the artist. Image credit: Dewi Tannatt Lloyd
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Scotty Irving (Brave Arts). Image credit: courtesy of Scotty Irving
Talking street art with Scotty Irving (Brave Arts) 8 January 2025, Tracy Jenkins -
Yinka Ilori photographed in Berlin, 2024. Image credit: Nikk Martin, courtesy Yinka Ilori Studio
Seven questions with Yinka Ilori, the 'Architect of Joy' 6 January 2025, Precious Adesina -
© the artist. Image credit: The Fleming Collection
Will Maclean: assemblages, the High… 18 December 2024, Susan Mansfield -
© the artist. Image credit: Haworth Art Gallery
Capturing Stockport's changing industrial lan… 11 December 2024, Andrew Lambirth -
Lela Harris at Judges' Lodgings Museum, Lancaster. © Image credit: Darren Andrews / courtesy of Lela Harris
Uncovering hidden histories: an interview with Lela Harris 25 November 2024, Kirsty Jukes -
'Space Shuffle', Collective, 2024. Moyna Flannigan (b.1963). © the artist. Image credit: John McKenzie
Seven questions with Moyna Flannigan 11 November 2024, Jennifer McLaren - View all 97
Art Matters podcast
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Olympic Games poster, Stockholm 2012. Image credit: Olympic Games
Art Matters podcast: art at the Olympics 27 October 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Image credit: Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Art Matters… 13 October 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Possibly the oldest surviving map. 25,000 BC, engraving on a mammoth tusk, discovered in Pavlov in the Czech Republic. Image credit: Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Art Matters podcast: the artistry behind maps 29 September 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Golders Green. 1908, poster by unknown artist. © TfL from the London Transport Museum collection. Image credit: TfL from the London Transport Museum collection
Art Matters podcast: post… 15 September 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Canestra di frutta (Basket of Fruit). c.1599, oil on canvas by Caravaggio (1571–1610). Image credit: Pinacoteca Ambrosiana (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Art Matters podcast: art good enough to eat 1 September 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Plague in London. 1665, facsimile reproduction from a pictorial broadside by John Dunstall (1644–1693). Image credit: Wellcome Collection, CC BY 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Art Matters podcast: 1666 –… 18 August 2020, Ferren Gipson -
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne. c.1503, oil on poplar wood by Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519). Image credit: C2RMF (digitised) / Dcoetzee (retouched) (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Art Matters podcast: psychoanalysing art 4 August 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Job. 1898, lithograph by Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939). Image credit: The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Art Matters… 21 July 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. 2017, front cover of book by Mark Godfrey and Zoe Whitley, published by Tate
Art Matters podcast: soul of a nation 16 June 2020, Ferren Gipson -
Art Matters podcast: the art of twentieth-centur… 2 June 2020, Ferren Gipson
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Exhibition in focus
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Innenraum (Interior). 1982, watercolour & graphite on paper by Anselm Kiefer (b.1945). Hall Collection. © the artist. Image credit: Steven Brookes Studio
Transforming history: Anselm Kiefer's earl… 18 February 2025, Ashmolean Museum -
ain't I a woman?. (detail) 2024, bespoke wallpaper by Adéọlá. © the artist. Image credit: Steph Roberts
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Dead or Alive. 2023–2024, acrylic on canvas by Kate Downie (b.1958). The artist and co-creator team stand with the artwork. © the artist. Image credit: Alicia Bruce
'Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan' at Glasgow Women's Library 6 December 2024, Aimee Murphy -
© Oriel Môn. Image credit: Oriel Môn
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Gorse in Heather. from the 'Crucible' series, 2020, photograph by Nicholas J. R. White. © the artist. Image credit: the artist
'Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape' at RAMM, Exeter 14 October 2024, Lara Goodband -
Portrait of the Artist. 1887, oil on canvas by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), on loan from Musée d'Orsay. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru
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Roger Ackling. © courtesy of the artist's estate. Image credit: Roger Ackling Archive, Henry Moore Institute
SUNLIGHT: Roger Ackling… 22 August 2024, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery -
Watch the Birdy. 2024, ceramic & textile by Cameron Morgan. Exhibited at Kaleidoscopic Realms, Nottingham Castle, 2024. © the artist. Image credit: Project Ability
Kaleidoscopic Realms: questioning disability representation in museums and galleries 2 August 2024, Jennifer Gilbert -
© expired crown copyright. Image credit: The Higgins Bedford
Walled in: the legacy of Henry Moore's Shelter drawings 18 July 2024, Eliza Goodpasture -
© trustees of the Cedric Lockwood Morris Estate/Foundation / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection
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Collection in focus
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Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
Troubling tales: images of Black people in Temple Newsam's collection 15 October 2024, Eleanor Leeson -
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2025. Image credit: Allan Pollok Morris, Ruth Clark / Jupiter Artland
Explore Edinburgh's… 12 August 2024, Lauren Souras -
© the estate of Angela Verren Taunt. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery
Explore the art of mindfulnes… 15 July 2024, Lauren Souras -
© the artist. Image credit: Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum
The art of Wimbledon:… 28 June 2024, Anna Boonstra -
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Hand to hand: works chosen f… 27 June 2024, Ben Quash -
Image credit: Edinburgh Printmakers
Edinburgh Printmakers:… 18 June 2024, Kristina Royer -
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Royal Ulster Academy Diploma Collection
The Royal Ulster Academy of Arts: Northern Ireland's evo… 10 May 2024, Amanda Croft -
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Autograph
Race, rights… 18 April 2024, Autograph ABP -
© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Embroiderers' Guild
Introducing The… 9 April 2024, Anne Haigh -
Image credit: © W Moorcroft Ltd
William Moorcroft, potter extraordinaire: inspiring a ne… 5 April 2024, Catherine Gage - View all 110
Being...
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Jenny Williamson in the Glynn Vivian's Indigo display. 2022. Image credit: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Being… Jenny… 20 February 2025, Jenny Williamson -
Dr Caroline Lloyd with the Explore trolley at National Museum Cardiff. Image credit: Caroline Lloyd
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Caitlin McNeill, Islands Culture Officer for CHARTS. Image credit: courtesy of Caitlin McNeill / CHARTS
Being... Caitlin McNeill, Island Culture Officer for CHARTS 21 March 2023, Caitlin McNeill -
Dez Quarréll working at home. Image credit: courtesy of Dez Quarréll
Being... Dez Quarréll, co-founder and artist-in-residenc… 22 July 2022, Dez Quarréll -
Mark with a bedroom wall mural. Image credit: courtesy of Mark Noble
Being... Mark Noble, artist and Ambassador for Outside In 26 January 2022, Mark Noble -
Vivian Ross-Smith. Image credit: courtesy of Gaada
Being... Vivian Ross-Smith, Prog… 22 October 2021, Vivian Ross-Smith -
Jim Ewen, left, slipcasting with Project Ability artist Cameron Morgan. Image credit: Courtesy of Jim Ewen / Project Ability
Being... Jim Ewen, Technician at Project Ability, Glasgow 27 September 2021, Jim Ewen -
Abi standing next to CreaTable at the start of a workshop session. Image credit: courtesy of Abi Roper
Being... Dr Abi Roper, Speech and Language Technologist at City, University of London 24 August 2021, Abi Roper -
Visiting Do Ho Suh's 'Bridging Home' near Liverpool Street. For 'What The F*ck is This', summer 2020. Image credit: courtesy of Wells Fray-Smith
Being... Wells Fray-Smith, Assistant Curator: Special Projects, Whitechapel Gallery 28 June 2021, Wells Fray-Smith -
Curator Claire Craig in front of the Travelling Gallery ahead of the exhibition 'Displaced'. Image credit: Ian Georgeson
Being... Claire Craig, Curator at Travelling Gallery 25 May 2021, Claire Craig - View all 30
Art UK Home School
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Children with their junk animals. Image credit: Selina Levinson Drake / Art UK
Art UK Home School: The Great Big Art Exhibition 18 February 2021, Shane Strachan -
Yellow Helicopter . 2006, wool & wood sculpture by Brendon Jamison (b.1979). © the artist. Image credit: Arts Council of Northern Ireland
Art UK Home School: create a… 15 December 2020, Shane Strachan -
You Are An Artist. front cover of book by Bob and Roberta Smith, published by Thames & Hudson. Image credit: Thames & Hudson
Art UK Home School: draw fiv… 8 December 2020, Selina Levinson Drake -
Jo Taylor's ITV ident. Image credit: Theo Deproost
Art UK Home School: create your own logo 16 November 2020, Jo Taylor -
The unveiling with model. Image credit: Our Emmeline Project
Art UK Home School: telling stories through sc… 24 September 2020, Hazel Reeves -
Image credit: courtesy of Ania Bas
Art UK Home School: make your own colour… 27 August 2020, Ania Bas -
Chameleon. 2011, reclaimed steel, copper wire, bottle tops, buttons & beads by Fiona Campbell (b.1962). © the artist. Image credit: Fiona Campbell
Art UK Home School: cre… 13 August 2020, Fiona Campbell -
Pedestal diagram. Image credit: Sam Ayre
Art UK Home School: who's on… 30 July 2020, Sam Ayre -
Stranger VII. bronze by Lynn Chadwick (1914–2003). Year 10 students from Jesmond Park Academy, Newcastle upon Tyne, view the sculpture on loan from the Laing Art Gallery. Image credit: Shane Strachan / Art UK
Art UK Home School: tak… 16 July 2020, Shane Strachan -
Weaving with a haiku in Doric. textile by Frieda Strachan, poem by Shane Strachan. English translation: 'Summer is here / with a white sheet of sea-mist / to blanket us'. © Frieda Strachan and Shane Strachan. Image credit: Frieda Strachan
Art UK Home School: write a summer haiku 2 July 2020, Shane Strachan - View all 22
Conservation in focus
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Image credit: Salford Museum & Art Gallery
The restoration of a 'Lady' at Ordsall Hall in Salford 7 December 2023, Peter Ogilvie -
Image credit: Salford Museum & Art Gallery
Welcome home, 'The… 30 June 2023, Amy Brunn -
Simon with paintings from series three of 'Britain's Lost Masterpieces'. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Art conservation: the final touches 29 June 2023, Simon Gillespie -
ArtUkSGS 86 Rocca retouching - hero. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Sympathetic retouching 22 June 2023, Simon Gillespie -
'George Oakley Aldrich (1721–1797)', before and after removal of overpaint. c.1750, oil on canvas attributed to Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787). Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Overpaint: the audacity of past restorers! 15 June 2023, Simon Gillespie -
Facsimile of 'Unfinished Portrait of an Unknown Lady' next to the original. c.1770, oil on mahogany panel by Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792). Glasgow Museums. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Varnish removal 8 June 2023, Simon Gillespie -
Tear repair, in action. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Works on canvas: mending tears and f… 1 June 2023, Simon Gillespie -
Peter Klein doing dendrochronological analysis. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Treating artworks: works on panel 25 May 2023, Simon Gillespie -
The Knightshayes Rembrandt seen under the microscope, showing overpaint going over damages. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Paint analysis for art conservation 18 May 2023, Simon Gillespie -
'Autumn', detail of barrels in normal and infrared light. 1605–1610, oil on oak panel by Joos de Momper the younger (1564–1635) and workshop of Jan Brueghel the elder (1568–1625). Birmingham Museums Trust. Image credit: Simon Gillespie Studio
Using x-ray and infrared images 11 May 2023, Simon Gillespie - View all 17
Straeon yn y Gymraeg
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Dr Caroline Lloyd gyda'r troli Archwilio yn Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd. Image credit: Caroline Lloyd
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© the artist's estate. Image credit: University of South Wales Art Collection Museum
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© the artist's estate. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
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Cup & Tray, Large Vase and Teapot. 2022, bone china & porcelain tray by Lowri Davies (b.1978). Private collection. © the artist. Image credit: Dewi Tannatt Lloyd
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© the artist. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
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onid menyw ydw i?. 2024 (manylyn), papur wal a wnaed yn arbennig gan Adéọlá. © the artist. Image credit: Steph Roberts
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© estate of Mabel Pakenham-Walsh. All rights reserved, DACS 2025. Image credit: Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum
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© Oriel Môn. Image credit: Oriel Môn
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Claire Curneen yn ei stiwdio yng Nghaerdydd. Image credit: Dewi Tannat Lloyd
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© the artist. Image credit: Carmarthenshire Museums Service Collection
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