Artist initiative and the “inception” exhibition
For there to be a healthy artistic ecology, there needs to be a balance between private and public initiative, and between state involvement, corporate and…
Back-to-school loan lessons with the Chris Brown concert
If you want to go to the Chris Brown concert at the National Stadium, Kingston, on August 27, and are short of anywhere from US$45…
A tale of two festivals
Two Sundays ago, I went to the Liguanea Art Festival which had returned after several years of absence. There was some anticipation, as this had…
The power of image
For some years now, a remarkable black and white photograph of two older Black women, dressed in work clothes and each brandishing a machete, while…
A proper tribute to King Jammy (and where is Bounty Killer?)
The tribute to Lloyd ‘King Jammy’ James on 22 July at Reggae Sumfest 2023 should be a very different affair from the performance style honouring…
Review: Undeterred
The title of this year’s final year exhibition at the School of Visual Arts of the Edna Manley College is Undeterred. The titling of an,…
“Narrative Evolutions”-The way forward? Part 3
For much of the history of the National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ), which will be 50 years old next year, there have been broad assumptions…
“Narrative Evolutions”- the way forward part 2
In the first part of this commentary, I reported that I was promised information on the Narrative Evolutions exhibition which had recently opened at the…
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,…