English: We are in many ways a late nation, and part of that process is that we lack certain institutions that most nations have. The building next door is an example of that, of course. It was an opera house that then developed into a hybrid national performance centre - the Wales Millennium Centre. The visual arts is an area where the lack of those national cultural institutions is most clear. We still lack fully a national gallery. We lack a national portrait gallery, and we do not have, of course, a national gallery of contemporary art of sufficient scale for us to be able to create a crystallisation point for the visual arts in Wales. And there's an opportunity here actually for us to tap into a little bit of that spirit of the heroic age of nation-building 100 years ago - the likes of a namesake of the Minister, Tom Ellis, et cetera - and the vision of creating a national library and the national museum and other national institutions. And there is unfinished business here, isn't there? The visual arts has always been a poor relation, unfortunately, in our culture, which has been dominated by text and live performance. So, now is the opportunity for us to make up for that absence, because, of course, the visual arts has been part of our story; it just hasn't had the same stage. And it's building that stage that we're talking about. I think the report offers a sensible, measured and three-phased approach. The only thing I would say is: let's do the phases together in parallel. So, as we build capacity, let's also facilitate the raising of the capital to create the hub. I think there's a lot to be said in a nation such as ours for a federated approach, a distributed approach, but spokes need their hub as well, and just in pure physical terms, the nature of contemporary art, you need a building with high ceilings that's actually big enough to create the kind of immersive experience that people can have in the likes of the Turbine Hall or in other countries across the world that have a large-scale staging place for contemporary art. So, yes, by all means, let's actually create a network with our existing, excellent, smaller scale galleries that exist in Wales, but we do still need that central hub whereby we are able to create the kind of experience that is possible in terms of the visual arts in other countries. And it is a great opportunity to do something exciting that could have regenerative potential. I think, yes, Port Talbot would be a fascinating place: the mountains behind us meeting the sea; yes, Wales's industrial heritage there; and, of course, as we know, Port Talbot at night, in some ways, is a work of art, isn't it? And what would be better, and crystalising our culture in the fullest sense, than building our national gallery of contemporary arts centre there? I mean, Fox Talbot was one of the pioneers of photography, wasn't he? So, there is a story about the visual arts right in that place. And we could start in a creative way. We don't actually have to raise the capital straight away to have a starchitect come to Wales. Maybe we could do Zaha Hadid in reverse and, actually, some of the failed Guggenheims across the world, from Rio, that haven't happened - maybe we can actually borrow some of the plans for there and build it here. But we could start by doing what the National Theatre of Wales did in a disused factory with 'We're still here', couldn't we? We could actually use industrial warehouses that are unused at the moment actually as the initial example of a national gallery while we're raising the capital and the momentum to create something more permanent. There are many risks, of course, but I think the report identifies the biggest risk of all, and that's us, and I mean we politicians. They challenge us in the report, the artists. They say, 'They don't have' - they mean us - 'don't have confidence in Welsh artists.' The report is littered by the shocking number of reports over the years that have been remained on the shelf. Let's not make that mistake again. There's an opportunity for us now to actually move forward with the unfinished business of creating a decent stage for the excellent production of art here in Wales.
Welsh: Rydym ni'n o'r sefydliadau sydd gan y rhan fwyaf o genhedloedd. Mae'r adeilad y drws nesaf yn enghraifft o hynny, wrth gwrs. Tŷ opera oedd hwn a ddatblygodd wedyn yn ganolfan genedlaethol gymysg ar gyfer perfformiadau - Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru. Mae'r celfyddydau gweledol yn faes lle mae'r diffyg o ran y sefydliadau diwylliannol cenedlaethol hynny'n amlwg iawn. Nid oes gennym oriel genedlaethol o hyd. Nid oes gennym oriel bortreadau genedlaethol, ac nid oes gennym, wrth gwrs, oriel genedlaethol ar gyfer celfyddyd gyfoes sydd ar raddfa ddigonol i ni allu creu pwynt crisialu ar gyfer y celfyddydau gweledol yng Nghymru. A cheir cyfle yma mewn gwirionedd i ni fanteisio ar ychydig o ysbryd yr oes arwrol honno a welodd saernïo cenedl 100 mlynedd yn ôl - pobl fel Tom Ellis, o'r un enw â'r Gweinidog, a'i debyg, ac ati - a'r weledigaeth o greu llyfrgell genedlaethol ac amgueddfa genedlaethol a sefydliadau cenedlaethol eraill. Ac onid oes gwaith eto heb ei orffen yn hyn o beth? Mae'r celfyddydau gweledol bob amser wedi cael eu diystyru i ryw raddau, yn anffodus, yn ein diwylliant ni, sydd wedi rhoi lle blaenllaw i'r gair ysgrifenedig a pherfformiadau byw. Felly, hwn yw'r cyfle i ni unioni cam y ddiystyriaeth honno, oherwydd, wrth gwrs, mae'r celfyddydau gweledol wedi bod yn rhan o'n stori ni; ond heb gael yr un sylw. A chynyddu'r sylw hwnnw yw'r hyn yr ydym ni'n ei drafod. Rwyf i o'r farn fod yr adroddiad yn cynnig dull synhwyrol a phwyllog mewn tri cham. Yr unig beth y byddwn i'n ei ddweud yw: gadewch inni gwblhau'r camau'n gyfochrog â'i gilydd. Felly, wrth inni gynyddu capasiti, gadewch inni hwyluso'r gwaith o godi cyfalaf i greu'r hwb hefyd. Rwy'n credu bod llawer i'w ddweud, mewn cenedl fel hon, o blaid dull ffederal, dull gwasgaredig, Ond mae angen lloerennau ar brif ganolfan hefyd. Ac o ran y ddaearyddiaeth yn syml, gyda natur celfyddyd gyfoes, mae angen adeilad â nenfydau uchel sy'n ddigon mawr mewn gwirionedd i greu'r math o brofiad y gall pobl ymgolli'n llwyr ynddo fel sydd ar gael yn Turbine Hall yn y Tate Modern neu mewn gwledydd eraill ledled y byd sydd â lleoliad ar raddfa eang i lwyfannu celfyddyd gyfoes. Felly, ie, ar bob cyfrif, gadewch inni'n wir greu rhwydwaith gyda'n horielau presennol ardderchog, llai o faint sy'n bodoli yng Nghymru, ond mae angen yr hwb canolog hwnnw arnom hefyd fel y gallwn greu'r math o brofiad sy'n bosib o ran y celfyddydau gweledol mewn gwledydd eraill. Ac mae hwn yn gyfle rhagorol i wneud rhywbeth cyffrous a allai fod â phosibiliadau adfywio. Ie, rwy'n credu y byddai Port Talbot yn lle diddorol iawn: y mynyddoedd o'r tu cefn i ni yn cyfarfod y môr; ie, treftadaeth ddiwydiannol Cymru sydd yno; ac, wrth gwrs, fel y gwyddom, mae Port Talbot yn ystod y nos, mewn ambell ffordd, yn waith o gelfyddyd, onid yw? A beth allai fod yn well, ac yn crisialu ein diwylliant yn yr ystyr lawnaf, nag adeiladu canolfan ein horiel celf gyfoes genedlaethol yno? Roedd Fox Talbot yn un o'r arloeswyr ffotograffiaeth, onid oedd ef? Felly, ceir hanesyn am y celfyddydau gweledol yn yr union fan honno. Gallem ddechrau mewn ffordd greadigol. Nid oes raid i ni mewn gwirionedd godi'r cyfalaf yn syth i hudo pensaer enwog i Gymru. Efallai y gallem wneud rhywbeth i'r gwrthwyneb i'r hyn a ddigwyddodd gyda Zaha Hadid ac, mewn gwirionedd, gyda rhai o'r amgueddfeydd Guggenheim hynny dros y byd, yn Rio, nad ydyn nhw wedi digwydd - efallai y gallem fenthyg rhai o'r cynlluniau ar gyfer y fan honno a'u hadeiladu yma. Ond gallem ddechrau drwy wneud yr hyn a wnaeth Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru mewn ffatri segur gyda 'We're still here', oni allem ni? Gallem ddefnyddio warysau diwydiannol segur fel yr enghraifft gychwynnol o oriel genedlaethol tra byddwn yn codi cyfalaf a momentwm i greu rhywbeth mwy parhaol. Ceir llawer o risgiau, wrth gwrs, ond mae'r adroddiad yn nodi'r risg mwyaf oll, a ni'r gwleidyddion yw hynny. Maen nhw'n ein herio ni yn yr adroddiad, yr artistiaid. Maen nhw'n dweud, 'Nid oes ganddyn nhw' - maen nhw'n cyfeirio atom ni - 'hyder yn artistiaid Cymru.' Mae'r adroddiad yn frith o nifer syfrdanol o adroddiadau dros y blynyddoedd a gafodd eu gadael ar y silff. Gadewch i ni beidio â gwneud y camgymeriad hwnnw eto. Mae cyfle inni symud ymlaen nawr gyda'r busnes anorffenedig o greu llwyfan addas ar gyfer y cynhyrchiad ardderchog o gelf a geir yma yng Nghymru.