Big screen, little screen review: The Critics Choice Association Awards
I finally got the chance to view The Critics Choice Association Annual Awards recently celebrating Black cinema and television and oh, what a splendour it was!…
Letter from Haiti: Gingerbread Houses and Soupe Joumou
I am nearly halfway through my five-week stay in Haiti to work on a project for Le Centre d’Art. Visiting Haiti at this time is…
Big screen, little screen review: The King’s Man
The King’s Man began shooting near the beginning of 2019 to go public 15 November 2019, By February 2019, it was moved to a 14 February…
Spragga Benz contradicts state in “Vaccinated”
If you have not yet heard Spragga Benz’s 2022 song “Vaccinated” you should take a listen, whether you believe in the gospel of the jook…
Year in Review – Part 3: International highlights
There have been some interesting shifts, recently, in terms of how Caribbean art is positioned in the international context. Several contemporary artists of Caribbean descent…
Catcalling through music
Among the definitions of catcalling in online sources is this (gloriously) gender-neutral one from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: “The act of shouting harassing and often sexually…
Big screen, little screen review: Celebrating greatness
This week Big Screen, Little Screen Review joins countless celebrities and movie lovers across the globe in saluting the work of two stalwarts of the…
2021 in Review – Part 2: Institutions in impasse
The National Gallery of Jamaica was, until recently, closed to the public because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The extended closure resulted in many staff members…
2021 in Review – Part 1: A New Dispensation
The year 2021 will surely go down as one of the most challenging years in human history, and this also applies to the Jamaican art…
Memoir: Dawn Scott’s “A Cultural Object” (1985)
Dawn Scott’s A Cultural Object (1985), a mixed-media installation at the National Gallery of Jamaica (NJG), is one of the most popular and influential works…