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DYFED a KING STREET GALLERY 33 King Street, Carmarthen, Dyfed SA31 1BS Main Gallery Members’ Winter Show of contemporary fine and applied arts. Chate Room John Slater. Dec 1–13. Affordable Art at Christmas. Dec 15–Jan 3. Members’ show with exhibits at £100 or under. Mon–Sat 10–5 t 01267 220121 gallery@kingstreetgallery.co.uk t @kingstgallery f kingstreetgallery www.kingstreetgallery.co.uk ANGLESEY b ORIEL MÔN Rhosmeirch, Llangefni, Anglesey LL77 7TQ Christmas Crafts Fair: Until Dec 31. One of the largest and most vibrant Craft Fairs in North Wales, showing work from a variety of exciting contemporary makers. Works range from jewellery, ceramic, woodwork, 16 GALLERIES DECEMBER 2017 MAPS 5 & 6 UK WALES & BORDERS & CARDIFF CITY CENTRE a THE ALBANY GALLERY 74b Albany Road, Cardiff CF24 3RS Winter Exhibition. Until Jan 13. A changing exhibition of paintings, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery from more than 50 established and emerging artists. *See Christmas feature. Mon–Sat 10–5, Sun & BHols 11–4 t 029 2048 7158 info@albanygallery.com t @albanygallery f TheAlbanyGallery www.albanygallery.com b MARTIN TINNEY GALLERY 18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff CF10 3DD Kevin Sinnott: 70th Birthday Exhibition. New Work. Until Dec 22. Winter Exhibition. Until Jan 6. Large changing exhibition by Wales’ leading artists past and present – sold work is immediately replaced. Mon–Fri 10–6, Sat 10–5 t 029 2064 1411 mtg@artwales.com www.artwales.com ABERYSTWYTH FISHGUARD HAVERFORDWEST TENBY BRECON ABERGAVENNY MACHYNLLETH PWLLHELI LLANGOLLEN WREXHAM CONWY PENARTH MONMOUTH LLANGEFNI HAY-ON-WYE HOLYHEAD BANGOR CARDIGAN WALTERSTONE CARMARTHEN NEWTOWN NEWPORT SWANSEA a g h c b f e j i d CARDIFF CHESTER LUDLOW HEREFORD CHEPSTOW RHYL ST DAVIDS LLANRWST PORTHGAIN SHREWSBURY DENBIGH KNIGHTON TAFF C H A R L E S S T C H U R C H I L L W A Y ER R A C E T H E H A Y E S B R I D G E S T W Y E V E R N E R D W O O D V I L L E RO A D M U S K I N S T S A L I S B U R Y R D B L D d e N A N T E S K I N G S W A Y A D C A S T L E S T D U K E S T Q U E E N S T A D A M S T R E E T N E W P O R T R O A D A L B A N Y R O A D C I T Y R O A D W E S T G R O V E R I C H M O N D R O A D S T M A R Y H I G H C O L U M R O A D N O R T H R O A D P A R K P L A C E CARDIFF a c Queen Street CARDIFF WALES & BORDERS TheMagicLamp:DreamsofOurAge by Ben Okri with paintings by RosemaryClunie,HeadofZeus£16.99 “The canvas is peopled with infinite forms, but the painter chooses the true tangent between their own inner drama and the times in which they find themselves. The blank page is peopled with infinite stories, but the writer unconsciously chooses the best angle between their own inner conundrums and the invisible pressure of the times” writer Ben Okri observes in the introduction to his illuminating and profoundly touching collaboration with painter Rosemary Clunie. Twenty five paintings, lived with over five years, were the seed bed for twenty five stories, contemporary fairy stories which gleamwith the same evanescence as Clunie’s dreamy colour, her tough, wiry drawings reflecting in turn Okri’s underlying narrative steeliness. N U BOOK review