Modern and contemporary art collection, housed at Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales @NatMuseumArt
Cardiff, Wales
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Last few weeks to see mima.art/exhibition/lucie-ri… @mimauseful where seven works by Lucie Rie from the Derek Williams Trust Collection are currently on show. The exhibition will tour to Kettle's Yard in March 2023.
We’re very excited to announce the addition of Purple Nantyffin by Paul Emmanuel to the #DerekWilliamsTrust collection 💜
Acrylic and Beulah fleece, 2022
On long term loan to @NatMuseumArt
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© Paul Emmanuel
@DWTCollection is pleased to announce the acquisition of this bold and seminal work, Place (1976-8) by late British artist Victor Willing (1928-1988). Images © Estate of Victor Willing/Derek Williams Trust.
New works by Gertrud Vasegaard enter the Derek Williams Trust Collection, including this rare and unusual piece, Bottle with stopper from the 1940s. Also acquired is Conical white and grey bowl with blue strokes, 1970s. Images © Estate of Gertrud Vasegaard/Derek Williams Trust.
Exciting new acquisition for @DWTCollection of Victory of Eraclio 2, 2019 by #TessJaray. The work is on long loan to Amgueddfa Cymru @NatMuseumArt. Image © Tess Jaray/Derek Williams Trust.
ALT Victory of Eraclio 2 by Tess Jaray. Image © Tess Jaray/Derek Williams Trust.
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!
Owgyn Davies (1925-2015), Mae Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (1975) - the words of the national anthem of Wales made from sand, stone and ceramic dust on paper. © The Artist’s Estate
#DyddGŵylDewiHapus #DerekWilliamsTrust #MaeHenWladFyNhadau
Happy Birthday Paula Rego, #botd 1935.
Here is ‘Visitation’ from Rego’s Virgin Mary series (2002), part of the #DerekWilliamsTrust collection and currently on display @NatMuseumArt
© Paula Rego
#BOTD in 1926, painter Craigie Aitchison was known for his portraits and liked to work with West Indian and African models. Nigerian Georgeous Macaulay was one of his favourite sitters during the 1960s and 70s.
© the artist’s estate / Bridgeman Art Library
Hoping for a white Christmas. Wishing you a merry Christmas with Snow on Siabod by Kyffin Williams. © The Sir Kyffin Williams Estate, by permission of Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales.
Municipal Wall Relief for a Housing Complex in a Parallel Universe, 2015-2016 by Andre Stitt has gone on show in a display of new loans and acquisitions at National Museum Cardiff.
Recent acquisitions by the Derek Williams Trust, Visitation and The Death of the Virgin, from the Virgin Mary series, 2002 by Dame Paula Rego, go on display today at National Museum Cardiff. Book your entry ticket and come and have a look! Images © Paula Rego
Exciting new work by British artist Chris Day enters @DWTCollection titled Strange Fruit X, 2020. This beautiful piece is made from blown glass, terracotta and copper wire. © Chris Day; photograph © Simon Bruntnell
In memory of the artist Jeffrey Steele (1931-2021) who sadly died last month. This work from @DWTCollection, Four Sets of four chromatic oppositions in a system of rotation, 1973, is a magnificent example of Steele's contribution to Op-Art.
Eileen Agar's An Exceptional Occurrence from @DWTCollection goes on show tomorrow @_TheWhitechapel in this definitive retrospective, Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy, 19 May - 29 August 2021. whitechapelgallery.org/exhib…
The Derek Williams Trust retweeted
Mae arddangosfa #ArtesMundi9 yn dechrau HEDDIW!
Er na allwn ni’ch gwahodd i’r orielau eto, mae digon o ffyrdd o brofi yr arddangosfa ar wefan - o’r sgyrsiau am ddim gyda’r artistiaid i ffilmiau tywysedig gyda’n Cynhyrchwyr Ymgysylltu.
Ewch at artesmundi.org nawr!
The Derek Williams Trust retweeted
The #ArtesMundi9 exhibition begins TODAY!
Whilst we can’t invite you into the galleries just yet, there are plenty of ways to experience it on our website; from free talks with the artists, to walkthrough films with our Engagement Producers
Visit artesmundi.org now!
#ArtesMundi9 opens (virtually, for now) @NatMuseumArt on 15th March 🎉🎉🎉
Do you know about the #DerekWilliamsTrust Purchase Prize? Previous winners include #TaniaBruguera, #RagnarKjartansson and #BerniSearle - who will it be in 2021...?
@ArtesMundi
artesmundi.org/prizes-archiv…
Happy Birthday #PaulaRego, born #otd 1935.
Pictured here is ‘Death of the Virgin’ (2002) from the Virgin Mary series - one of two recent additions of Rego’s work to the #DerekWilliamsTrust collection @AmgueddfaCymru.
‘A Ruined House, Hampton Gay, Oxfordshire’ 1941 by #JohnPiper, born #otd in 1903.
Visit derekwilliamstrust.org to see more work by Piper and other #NeoRomantics from Williams’ original collection.
@Museum_Cardiff #neoromanticism #britishart
©️The Piper Estate / DACS 2020
