Recent donations or “Narrative Evolutions”?
Part 1 It appears that my 23 April 2023 column, What About the Summer Exhibition?, helped to stir some action on the part of the…
What can online exhibitions do?
Recently, a new, online exhibition of work by Jamaican artists was launched under the title Rupture: Interventions of Possibility. It features work by Katrina Coombs,…
The creative arts in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago is constantly buzzing with artistic and cultural events — music, dance, theatre and drama, fashion, literature, and bacchanal. Trinidad is unique because…
The Future Files: Brad Pinnock- part 2
This second and concluding part of the feature on Brad Pinnock consists of further excerpts from the interviews we conducted. VP: What have you done…
The Future Files: Brad Pinnock
About the Future Files This new series puts the spotlight on the exciting young artists who have emerged in Jamaica in recent years, many of…
King David: The man with de hammer
He is known as The Man with the Hammer. He is also known for his creative calypso genre of kaiso with its commentary on local…
What about the Summer Exhibition?
These days, I go to the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) when there are public events thus, as a result, I visit only very rarely….
Gaston Tabois memoir part 2
Last week, we looked at the early career and work of Gaston Tabois. In this second, concluding section, we look at his later work, and…
Memoir: Meeting Mr. Tabois
I vividly remember my first encounter with Gaston Tabois (1924-2012), at least in terms of the impression he made on me rather…
Art writing in the age of ChatGPT
As one who writes about art for a living, it is important for me to be aware of the rapidly changing cultural, political and…