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peterwakelin.bsky.social

@peterwakelin.bsky.social

Writer, curator and consultant. President of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales; Chair of the Cadw Board; Interim Director of Collections at Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales. Writing mainly about art and heritage.

7 Followers | 14 Following | 2 Posts | Joined: 30.01.2026 | 1.131

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Aldous Huxley, Eyeless in Gaza, Penguin Modern Classics edition of around 1978

02.02.2026 12:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I fell in love with Girl in Profile by Gwen John on the cover of a novel I read as a teenager. It was purchased in the 1940s by @caswcymru.bsky.social and given to @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social, which opens the largest ever exhibition of Gwen John next week in Cardiff. Can't wait!

30.01.2026 19:08 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

@peterwakelin is following 14 prominent accounts

Alex Burchmore
@alexburchmore

Senior Lecturer in Art History and Curatorial Studies, Australian National University; author of New Export China (University of California Press, 2023) and Material Selves (Bloomsbury, 2024); scholar of things and people in motion

Dr Anna Clark
@drannaclark

Humanities, history of art, architecture & landscape; museums, libraries & collections

Col Bond
@colinbond

Music, books, nature. Walks like a jerk, but he could eat you with a fork and a spoon. Judgy introvert. Bespoke librarian. Wales.

@gwchilly

Late-stage generalist, RPCV🌍, history/art/jazz/fiets-urb/pro-sci/anti-dictator, gentler in person.

thomasina
@thomasina2

originally, paintings and other art featuring women leading their lives … lately into music and our public life more than painting. Fools rush in …

Claire Vaughan
@pixieglas

🏳️‍🌈📽️ 'A puffed-up orb of a woman with a gaping mouth'. Enthusiast. She / her / hi. Shift Cardiff // Reframed Film // Chapter Cinema Cardiff. Views personal are mine alone. No SWERFs or TERFs or Tories os gwelwch yn dda.

Matt Rosser
@matt.cymru

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📺 Welsh media functionary 💜📻 Care Radio presenter 🟢👂🏻 Samaritans listening volunteer

Eleanor G
@zaichishka

Welsh-Kiwi Japanese translator, chanoyu practitioner & host to a timeshare cat. Memorial Device ANT

Judith Mackrell
@judithmackrell

Former dance writer, author of biographies, currently writing double profile of Gwen and Augustus John. Travel, food ,gardening, arts, jaunts and jokes

@caswcymru

Llafur: The Welsh People’s History Society
@llafur

Llafur: The Welsh People's History Society organises free regular history events and has an annual journal for members. To join please visit our website: www.llafur.org

Fiona McLees
@mclees-fiona

Paper conservator in Wales. Manuscripts, drawings, artists’ materials, studios, sideline interests in holy wells, roodscreens, and all manner of heritage at the end of long country lanes. Colour-related Instagram posts @chromatic_dispatches

@hicks-jenkins

Bluesky
@bsky.app

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