Art Exhibition: Katrina Coombs, “Iyami Aje”
The exhibition “Iyami Aje” [the womb of existence, my mother God] by Katrina Coombs will open on March 7, 2020, at 6:00pm, at the Gene Pearson Gallery (R Hotel, 2 Renfrew Road) in Kingston, Jamaica....
View ArticleArtist Ebony G. Patterson’s Lush and Provocative Garden Installation
[Many thanks to Veerle Poupeye for bringing this item to our attention.] In “Artist Ebony G. Patterson’s Lush and Provocative Garden Installation in North Carolina Is a Delight for the Eyes—See It...
View ArticleAlicia Brown: “Revisiting & Revising Colonial Narratives within the Languages...
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Jacqueline Bishop (Bookends, Jamaica Observer) interviews artist Alicia Brown in recognition of Women’s History Month. This is...
View Article“Born Ya” by Judy Ann MacMillan: A Jamaican Painter’s Restless Life
Emma Lewis (Petchary’s Blog) reviews Judy Ann MacMillan’s Born Ya: The Life and Loves of a Jamaican Painter (2019). The book has been called “a love letter to Jamaica,” and Lewis’s review teases out...
View ArticleArts leader Kristina Newman-Scott builds community through collecting
Alina Cohen (Artsy) writes about Jamaican-born artist, curator, and collector Kristina Newman-Scott. For full article and photos of works in her fine collection, read more at Artsy. [Many thanks to...
View ArticleThe Radical Imaginaries of Renee Cox
[Many thanks to Veerle Poupeye for bringing this item to our attention via Critical.Caribbean.Art.] Sugarcane Magazine features Jamaican-born artist Renee Cox and the “Black narratives” of her...
View Article‘Doubt Drives My Work’: Artist Nari Ward on How Uncertainty Can Lead to...
Katie White (ARTnet) interviews Jamaican-born, New York-based artist Nari Ward. The artist will be show his work in a retrospective exhibition at Milan’s Pirelli HangarBicocca in early 2024. In a...
View ArticleExhibition: “Just Breathe”
Transart Institute announced a solo exhibition by Jamaican artist Katrina Coombs, “Just Breathe,” which opened on December 3, 2023, at CreativSpace (located at Laws Street and Mark Lane, Downtown...
View ArticleArtist Interview with Cornelius Tulloch by Kalila Ain (CUE)
Last year, we missed Cornelius Tulloch’s solo exhibition “Vendah,” which took place at the CUE Art Foundation from September 7 to October 21, 2023. Here we share excerpts from an inspired interview of...
View Article“Continuity: The Exhibition” (National Gallery of Jamaica)
The National Gallery of Jamaica (NGJ) commemorates fifty years of preserving and promoting Jamaican art and culture. Under the theme Continuity: A Legacy of Artistry, the NGJ recently announced the...
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