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November Artwork of The Month: “Five Children at the Water Pump” (1984) by Peggy Herring

14 November 2016 Natalie Willis

Little ones on a dusty road of varying ages - tiny hands held in those only slightly bigger, leading the

Noted Photographer Antoine Ferrier Passes Away

11 November 2016 NAGB

Noted local photographer Antoine Ferrier sadly passed away on Sunday, November 6th after a short illness. He died at the Princess Margaret Hospital, on his birthday, at the age of 75. Charles Antoine Ferrier was born in Gonaives on November 6, 1941 in The Republic of Haiti. During the course of his formative years and early adulthood, he pursued and completed his formal education in Port-au-Prince.

Indigeneity and Art: Defining our values

31 October 2016 admin

As the lushness of the island disappears in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, it is important to note the significance of imaging who we are and where we live. As Bahamians, we inhabit a geographic space that has beauty beyond words along with limitless possibility, and we must embrace our reality and step outside of the constructed, constricted reality being imposed on us.

Krista Thompson Brings a Critical Eye to What is Confined to the Footnotes of Art History

31 October 2016 NAGB

Jacqueline Bishop for The Huffington Post shares: “For art historian Krista Thompson, a region like the Caribbean could do with more people studying art history since there is a booming artistic community and not enough curators and writers to document the work now being produced. “I’d wager that in the future it is the people working in more and more niche communities, some of which have formed in the Caribbean, who will have more opportunities available to them in the field of art history.”

The Eye of the Storm: Preservation and destruction

26 October 2016 admin

Winslow Homer’s ‘Hurricane’ captures howling winds of the storm in The Bahamas, however, the image, though teaming with meaning and feeling, does not capture the magnitude of today’s super storms. These so-called superstorms bring with them devastation and trauma of epic proportions. The visual produced in Homer’s painting remains haunting and provides an interesting couple for the Gulfstream painting, and After the Hurricane, Bahamas as it shows a man shipwrecked on a desolate island.

A Teetering Bimini: Thinking about The Old Man and the Sea

16 October 2016 admin

From Earnest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea to his less-well-known Islands in the Stream, Bimini stars as an island full of adventure, liquor and raucous living, a man’s island, where fishing and drinking go hand-in- hand. Bimini has changed little since these books were written. Cultural integrity is essential for such a world-class tiny island. It is still a place of booze and boating.

Bahamian contingent at MAC 2016

16 October 2016 admin

The Museums Association of the Caribbean convenes in the Cayman Islands. Sunken ships, fossilised bones, film screenings, and apps for paintings: what is the common denominator? Museums. Preservation and interpretation of our cultural artefacts offer keys to understanding ourselves as Caribbean subjects, and The Museum Association of The Caribbean (MAC) is an indicator in encouraging these conversations and practices.

2016 NAGB Fall/Winter Film Series presents ‘The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists’

13 October 2016 admin

On October 27th, the NAGB will showcase American director Les Blank’s 1994 film ‘The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists’ starting at 8 pm.

‘The NAGB’s Eleutheran Adventure’: Rethinking Access

20 September 2016 admin

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas is locally known as the NAGB; however, many people make the mistake—in speech and print—of calling us the “Nassau” Art Gallery. Perhaps this slip is well-deserved: with attention focused on the preservation and management of the historic building that houses the NAGB (Villa Doyle); the National Collection itself of over 350 art pieces, needing continual care and maintenance; and the busy rotation of exhibitions (up to 14 in a single year, not including talks, events, book launches, film screenings, and other programming), there is plenty to keep us busy.

Our Reading Room: ‘Sustainable Exuma’ creates a comfy space for us to learn.

19 September 2016 NAGB

A Sustainable Future for Exuma presents several volumes in our reading nook including: The World Without Us – Alan Weisman; Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World (Posthumanities) – Timothy Morton; The Ethics of Earth Art – Amanda Boetzkes; The End of Nature – Bill McKibben; Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things (A John Hope Franklin Centre Book) – Jane Bennett; The Secret Life of Dust: From the Cosmos to the Kitchen Counter, the Big Consequences of Little Things – Hannah Holmes and The Last Pictures – Trevor Paglen among others.