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…
A book and a monument, “Lest We Forget”
On 27 February, I attended the unveiling of the Lest We Forget monument at the Joy Spence Appleton Rum Experience in Nassau Valley, St Elizabeth….
Hybridization at CreativSpace
Hybridization, which opened on 12 February, is the inaugural exhibition at CreativSpace’s new location in downtown Kingston, on the corner of Laws street and Mark…
The Art of Reggae exhibition at the National Gallery
Part 2 In the first part of this review, we looked at the history and objectives of the now biennial International Reggae Poster Contest and…