ART IN NEWPORT  




 

ART IN NEWPORT | An archive for projects produced by John Wilson as Guest Curator for the City of Newport Museum and Art Gallery, South Wales. 

Featured project  |  The Explorations Series provides a frame to explore the permanent collections of the Newport Museum and Art Gallery,  addressing particular themes across the diverse range of artists, genre and moments in the history of art. 

 

 

RECENT NEWS

 

  • South Wales Argus, 3 Oct 2007 | Art: Review to consider digital plan | Newport has a wealth of art treasures, including work by LS Lowry, Sir Stanley Spencer, Dame Laura Knight and Hans Feibusch. | But with space at a premium, just five per cent of the gems are on public display. | Now public watchdogs are to look at how to increase public access to the collection, which could include virtual viewing. | Cllr Davies suggested the authority's culture and recreation scrutiny forum should examine the issue. |  Argus online version here
  • Metro Magazine, August 2007 |  THE ART OF COLLECTING | "Since opening a gallery space in 1895, Newport Museum has collected an important and vastly diverse body of work. | The Art of Collecting means that many historically important pieces are at last on show to the public. The calibre is top-notch and among the artists represented are LS Lowry and Sir Stanley Spencer. | There's a sense of balance to this exhibition, encompassing both new and old, classical and satirical".  
  • Buzz Magazine, June 2007 | DOCUMENTING THE CITY | "The exhibition also celebrates the city's desire to carry itself steadily forward into the future. This unique collection will not only be museum-bound as people can access and admire the anthology from their very own homes - an online gallery and archive has been set up to further enhance Newport's reputation as an extremely forward moving and thought provoking metropolis".  

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS


THE ART OF THE NUDE



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE ART OF THE NUDE: ARTISTS EXPLORE THE HUMAN FORM |Curated by John Wilson & Roger Cucksey | Newport Museum and Art Gallery | July - September 2008


An exhibition exploring the genre of the nude in the permanent collections of the Newport Museum and Art Gallery. 

 

THE ART OF THE NUDE frames the artistic genre of the nude and provides a fascinating thread through the history of art. The study of the nude formed the basis of the post-Renaissance academic tradition of "Western Art", whilst the departures of modernism and the avant garde likewise saw a peristence of the nude as a vital genre for the artist's exploration. Whither the nude in today's world of CGI and the Internet?

 

   

 

 

CHARTIST NEWPORT


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CHARTIST NEWPORT | Chartist commemoration activities in South Wales | John Wilson | 2007-2008


Includes the Newport Chartist Mural Documentation Project.

 

   

THE ART OF COLLECTING   

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE ART OF COLLECTING | Curated by John Wilson & Roger Cucksey| Newport Museum and Art Gallery | July 2007 - 2008

An exhibition exploring over a hundred years of collecting at the Newport Museum and Art Gallery.

 

 

PROJECTS ARCHIVE


EXPLORATIONS

 

 

 

 

  


THE EXPLORATIONS SERIES 

Themes - Exploring the Newport Museum and Art Gallery collections

 

[3] The Art of the Nude (2008)

[2] The Art of Collecting (2007-08)

[1] The Poetics of Place: Industrial South Wales (2004-07)



ART AND SOCIETY IN NEWPORT

 

 

  

 

THE ART AND SOCIETY IN NEWPORT SERIES

Surveys - Exploring art and society in Newport

 

[3] Documenting the City: Art and Society in Newport (2007) 

[2] Documenting the Twentieth Century (2000)

[1] James Flewitt Mullock and the Victorian Achievement (1993) 

 

 

 

 

ART IN NEWPORT | An archive for projects produced by John Wilson as Guest Curator for the City of Newport Museum and Art Gallery, South Wales.