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Musician Carwyn Ellis performs; The Rules of Art? exhibition; filmmaker Rosemary Baker; Port Talbot postcard

Musician Carwyn Ellis performs live from Cardiff; The Rules of Art? exhibition at the National Museum of Wales; Rosemary Baker on her film Lesbian; a postcard from Port Talbot.

Front Row comes from Cardiff this evening. Joining presenter Huw Stephens to play live in the studio is Welsh musician Carwyn Ellis, who has been collaborating with Brazilian musicians and the 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales.

Huw also looks closely at The Rules of Art?, an exhibition at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, which sets out the classical hierarchy of art, then challenges this by juxtaposing works spanning 500 years, from a Botticelli Virgin and Child, to a recent photograph by Helen Muspratt of a mother and child in Merthyr Tydfil.

Rosemary Baker talks about her powerful film, Lesbian, that focuses on that word. It has been shortlisted for The Iris Prize for short films made by LGBT+ artists, awarded every year in Cardiff.

And Huw sends an audio postcard from Port Talbot, the town which produced Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen, and boasts a Banksy, too.

Presenter: Huw Stephens
Producer: Julian May

Photo: Carwyn Ellis Photo credit: Paul Kelly

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  • Wed 8 Dec 2021 19:15

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