The National Gallery of Jamaica at 50: Part 2: Articulating a Jamaican art history
In the first part of this series, we looked at the antecedents and beginnings of the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ), which observes its 50th…
The National Gallery of Jamaica at 50: Part 1: Antecedents
The National Gallery of Jamaica is turning 50 this year and this article, the first in a series on the subject, reflects on the different…
Travel Report: Reframing Haitian Art at the Tampa Museum of Art
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Tampa Museum of Art for the Reframing Haitian Art symposium, held there on June 9. The symposium…
Whither Jamaica Journal?
Jamaica Journal, the peer-reviewed academic journal of the Institute of Jamaica, holds a special place in my professional trajectory. It was there that I published…
The “Venue-ization” of the National Gallery of Jamaica?
Public art museums are expected to operate with a healthy degree of curatorial autonomy, whereby the professionals at the institution are allowed to make decisions…
Revisiting Ensor and Belgium’s art museums-Part 4
In this final report on my recent visits to several Belgian museums, I turn my attention to some of the larger art museums in Oostende,…
UWI is leading the masses in the Jamaican Carnival Season!
UWI carnival is back in 2024 with fresh costumes, lively music, an epic lineup for the weekend and bigger partnerships with entertainment giants including Dream…
Finding (dis)interest in the Reggae Girlz
I lost interest in the Reggae Girlz just after the draw with Brazil that sent the team into the round of 16 at the recent…
Port Royal and Jamaica’s archaeological treasures
Recently, I was part of a lively discussion on Facebook regarding a display of archaeological finds from Port Royal, Jamaica, at the St Augustine Pirate…
Review of the Inception exhibition
The recent Inception exhibition at CreativSpace was jointly organized by three young artists, Shasha Porter, Mikheal Deans, and Malcolm Lindsay. Porter and Deans are recent…