THE NEWPORT NUDE | Video clip

The controversy surrounding the so-called "Newport Nude" painting by Sir Gerald Festus Kelly was featured on the BBC Radio Wales news programme "Good Evening Wales" on 22 July 2008:







THE ART OF THE NUDE: ARTISTS EXPLORE THE HUMAN FORM | An exhibition of drawings, prints, painting and sculpture | Guest Curators John Wilson & Roger Cucksey | Newport Museum and Art Gallery, 19 July - 20 September 2008.

"The Newport Nude" painting was featured in the UK daily press on 22 July 2008: see news archive





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THE ART OF THE NUDE | Exhibition opening 18 July 2008

The exhibition THE ART OF THE NUDE will be opened by painter Harry Holland on Friday 18 July 2008

* Contact Newport Museum and Art Gallery for attendance details
* View ART OF THE NUDE: Exhibition leaflet (pdf)

THE ART OF THE NUDE: ARTISTS EXPLORE THE HUMAN FORM | Guest Curators John Wilson & Roger Cucksey | Newport Museum and Art Gallery | 19 July - 20 September 2008

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

> View | THE ART OF THE NUDE - exhibition selection process



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* "Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed" - William Blake

* "The body always expresses the spirit whose envelope it is. And for him who can see, the nude offers the richest meaning" - Auguste Rodin

* "I was trained as a painter. I'm very familiar with the nude body, masculine and feminine. I do, I suppose have a soapbox position, and I want to be certain that the human body is in the center of the frame." - Peter Greenaway, Film- maker

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