Glynn Vivian News

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is looking for a new Associate Artist to research and deliver a series of workshops for people living with a disability.

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is delighted to announce the Wakelin Award recipient for 2022. The annual award is given to an artist living and working in Wales, whose work is purchased for the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection, and will be on display at the Gallery in spring 2023.

Ten artworks from the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Permanent Collection have been selected to go on display in 10 Downing Street, as part of the ‘Number 10 Museums in Residence’ project, an initiative of the Government Art Collection.

The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea is delighted to present, in partnership with Bad Wolf, a look behind-the-scenes of BBC and HBO’s multi-award-winning, His Dark Materials.

This is a project to celebrate 200 years of University of Trinity St David and Swansea College of Art. Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and GS Artists are putting together a celebration of art schools. This multi-faceted project will include workshops, talks, exhibitions, audio archive, and commissioned texts.

Glynn Vivian has recently received two new sculptural works by artist Carlos Bunga, for the Gallery’s permanent Collection, following his major exhibition, Terra Ferma, in 2021.

Would you be interested in working in partnership with Imperial War Museums (IWM) on a new art commission to explore the impacts of conflict from the First World War to the present day?

To mark the 102nd anniversary of the 1st Dada International Exhibition in Berlin, 31 d/Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists will stage Dada inspired interventions in 30 museums and galleries across Britain and Northern Ireland on the same day on 2 July 2022.

Swansea Council’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery has become part of a major new Imperial War Museums (IWM) arts initiative aiming to highlight the enduring messages for our times of the legacies of conflict since World War I.

Join us this March as we celebrate International Women’s Day 2022 (IWD) by looking at some of the incredible work by women currently on display at the Glynn Vivian.

We’re delighted to announce Swansea Council’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery has been selected as one of the recipients of the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, 2021.

Swansea Council’s Glynn Vivian Art Gallery has become the first in the UK to be awarded the accolade Art Gallery of Sanctuary.

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery has commissioned a special series of performances as part of Carlos Bunga’s exhibition Terra Ferma.

Glynn Vivian is pleased to announce the return of the annual celebration of art and craft by artists and …

his summer, we begin a project working with artist Fox Irving and the surrounding area LGBTQ+ community in Swansea to co-curate a collection of objects, stories and artefacts in response to the Glynn Vivian collection.

This year, to celebrate the Festival online programme, Art Night are screening all broadcast works across one evening on Thursday 15th July.

We are delighted to announce that Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Science Gallery Bengalaru have been awarded a grant from British Council Wales for Connections Through Culture: India-Wales.

Swansea residents are helping to mark the launch of Land Dialogues, a new project by artist Owen Griffiths and community groups which will reimagine the Glynn Vivian’s garden as a civic green space. Community partner organisations in the city have been asked to grow sunflowers at home and bring one seedling back to the gallery to be part of the new garden

A new collection of art created by participants has gone on show in the city centre to brighten up safety hoardings around the new £135m Copr Bay project.

UK-wide campaign to raise the profile of the visual arts

To celebrate Women’s History Month 2021, the Glynn Vivian team have been looking back through our recent archive to share with you a selection of work from female artists who have previously shown at the gallery

Glynn Vivian’s programme of events and exhibitions, celebrating LGBT+ History Month 2021.

We are excited to announce that we are a partner of ‘The Great Big Art Exhibition’, led by Firstsite and supported by the Plus Tate Network and Arts Council England!

Throughout August and September, we would like to invite you to send a postcard to the Gallery. This could …

Gallery shortlisted for Fantastic for Families Awards 2020 Glynn Vivian has been shortlisted in the Best Family Venue category …