Location was everything
An obvious consequence of the COVID-19 crisis for the Jamaican entertainment sector has been the movement from the physical to the virtual space. The major…
Artwork of the month: Philip Wickstead – Portrait of Benjamin and Mary Pusey (c1775)
veerlepoupeye.com This week, I start a new series in which I explore and contextualize famous and less well-known works of Jamaican art. The subject of…
Whither the National Gallery of Jamaica? – Part 2
Part 1 discussed the controversial latest postponement of the NGJ’s inaugural Kingston Biennial exhibition. This week, we look at its broader context. There has been…
The bands (should) play on
The public falling out within his family after the death of Frederick ‘Toots’ Hibbert on 11 September last year was jarring, ugly and sad. The…
Whither the National Gallery of Jamaica? – Part 1
Last week, the Jamaican art world was in an uproar. The 30 or so artists who had been invited to participate in the inaugural Kingston…
In Situ at the Edna Manley College
The Edna Manley College’s final year show is a signal occasion on the Jamaican art calendar and this year’s In Situ exhibition, which closed on…
Second run movies can be first class big screen experiences
When I became aware of the plans to do movie re-runs at the Denbigh Agricultural Showgrounds in Clarendon, starting the end of last month, I…
Memoir: Everald Brown (1917-2002) – Part 2
As we saw in the first part of this article, Brother Everald Brown’s development as an artist was associated with his religious and spiritual life…
Memoir: Everald Brown (1917-2002) – Part 1
Everald Brown – or Brother Brown, as he was commonly called – had his first exhibition at the Creative Arts Centre (now the Phillip Sherlock…
Memoir: Eric Cadien (1954-1993)
I met Eric Cadien in 1984, when I started teaching at the Jamaica School of Art, now part of the Edna Manley College. Cadien, who…