The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) is pleased to announce more new and upcoming events on its jam-packed
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What’s on at the NAGB: Keep a lookout for the gallery’s upcoming artists’ talk and summer camp
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NAGB hosts two interns over Easter break: Bradeisha Babbs gets acquainted with John Beadle’s works
After opening its grounds to over 60 eager Easter egg hunters, the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) welcomed
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Art’s healing properties
by Ian Bethell-Bennett Art and literature often join forces to create a multi-layered experience; the words and images flow and
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Members of the Caribbean visual art community demonstrate unity, progression at Tilting Axis conference.
Dedicated to forging infrastructure between independent art organizations and museums operating across the Caribbean, U.S., E.U., U.K., African continent and China, the international visual arts conference, “Tilting Axis: Within and beyond the Caribbean – shifting models of sustainability and connectivity”, was held recently in Barbados.
Transforming Spaces 2015 kicks off: Panelists explain successful visual art entrepreneurism
The 2015 Transforming Spaces season kicked off on Thursday, March 19 with two panel discussions at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB).
Re-membering the past: Margot Bethel and Nicolette Bethel take on Transforming Spaces 2015 family-style
Teaming up to transform part of the grounds at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) this year are cousins College of The Bahamas Assistant Professor of Sociology Nicolette Bethel and artist and designer Margot Bethel, who will be assembling a representation of a former family home. The artwork was originally planned as a piece for the Seventh National Exhibition, Antillean: an Ecology, but the project had to be delayed due to conflicting schedules.
‘Cul-De-Sac’ by Dave Smith is NAGB’s Artwork of The Month
We start most of our tours at the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) downstairs, in the space showcasing
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COB departments team up to transform the NAGB
This year, College of The Bahamas (COB) students and faculty are bridging gaps and celebrating autonomy through group work in the 2015 Transforming Spaces. The annual art tour unveiling thought-provoking transformations in galleries and creative spaces across New Providence will this year be held over March 21 and 22. The 2015 Transforming Spaces bus tour will treat explorers to metamorphosed areas at Hillside House, Doongalik Studios, PopopStudios, the D’Aguilar Art Foundation, The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) and Liquid Courage Gallery.
Art of the month: ‘Enigmatick Funktification’
Jackson Burnside, Stanley Burnside and John Beadle, Enigmatick Funktification (Detail), 1996. Acrylic on canvas, 52.75'' x 151''. National Collection. It’d be rather difficult to explore
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Art of the Month: Shanty Town Tea Service
On my way to work, I noticed that a familiar town had been demolished. Boards and other forms of structure that once housed a community lay broken on the ground.