The new National Museum of Art in Cardiff

[Mrs Magpie]

The main forums page gave me the exiting news of 'The new National Museum of wayward bob'. I'm disappointed now

 

[wayward bob]

me too

 

[Riklet]

Really impressed with the new galleries, which focus upon contemporary art from or linked to Wales a lot... in the past few weeks i've been to art museums in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Manchester, and the NMW is right up there in terms of its art.

 

[JKaranka]

Visited for the first time two weeks ago. Good addition as we don't have an actual contemporary art museum or similar. Bumped into the now retired big honcho curator of the museum when I got to the pile of stones, nice fella.

 

[Ben Bore]

There was an odd but rather compelling John Cale audio visual piece being shown too.

From when he represented Wales at the Venice Biennale per chance?

 

[editor]

It was him clamouring up a hill to an old slate mine.

 

[gaijingirl]

We went yesterday! And we saw the mammoth.. in fact my daughter refused to move from the mammoth for a good 20 minutes and got it confused with an elephant. Every time it moved she put her arm up to her nose and did an impressive "trunk sweep" followed by an elephant noise by way of conversation. I feel thoroughly well acquainted with it now!

 

[William of Walworth]

Really want to go to this. A visit is on our 'must do' list for some future Cardiff visit -- hopefully quite soon

 

[Riklet]

I wish recreated mammoths still made me gasp with awe for hours

 

[editor]

I liked this:

Twenty Four Bricks at the National Museum Cardiff, Wales

 

[ddraig]

Did you catch the Chalkie Davies exhibition??

 

[editor]

Did you catch the Chalkie Davies exhibition??

Yep and it was ace!

 

[ddraig]

Yeah it was, managed to get there on last day