The Rules of Art?

The Rules of Art? brings together five hundred years of painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, film and ceramics to pose questions about representation, identity and culture. The exhibition sets out show how artists have pursued a shared purpose: to push, subvert, question and reimagine what art can be. To do this, historic, modern and contemporary artworks from Amgueddfa Cymru’s collections are shown together for the first time, introducing new relationships and highlighting some of the contemporary social issues faced today.

Vertigo Sea by John Akomfrah, one of a number of major new acquisitions, is displayed among other featured artists such as Rembrandt, Thomas Jones, Pablo Picasso, Gwen John, Maximilian Lenz, Clare Woods, Bedwyr Williams, Caroline Walker and Clémentine Schneidermann.