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The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands to host The Business of Art • Symposium with guest presenter NAGB Director, Amanda Coulson

Bain Town is a space of much notorietythese days, as a number of historically freed slave villages on the island have grown to be, but it wasn’t always so, and there is certainly a need to celebrate the history of these areas and the sense of community and pride amongst those who remember how different the place was merely a few decades ago. So many of our major artists in The Bahamas came from Over-the-Hill, perhaps most notably our beloved Maxwell Taylor, and embracing the greatness that comes out of these communities is important.

Antonius Roberts, one of The Bahamas’ leading artists, exploring themes of nature, humanity and spirituality through a diverse range of genres. This May, we focus on his piece, “Procession of Females in White Uniforms” as our Artwork of the Month. The painting is a part of the Gallery’s National Collection and currently on view in the Permanent Exhibition “Revisiting An Eye For The Tropics”.

On Friday, April 28th, artist Thierry Lamare and international art critic, writer and historian Edward Lucie-Smith discuss the critical influence identity and the space that we occupy has on our relationships, practice and perception.
 

The April 29th Nassau Guardian Arts+Culture section features a write up on Thierry Lamare‘s “The Liberal” which is part of our National Collection and currently on view in “Love, Loss and Life” at the NAGB through September.