Antonius Roberts Archives - National Art Gallery of The Bahamas

Welcome to the Past, Present, and Future: A Caribbean Futurist Read of Antonius Roberts’ Mabrika

13 July 2023 Curatorial Team

Antonius Roberts’ Mabrika invites visitors into a suspended sea of silk cotton canoes, blending Lucayan ingenuity with Afro-Indigenous aesthetics to explore histories erased by colonization. This immersive installation envisions a pluralistic Caribbean futurism, where ecological and cultural pasts intersect with pressing questions about climate change, survival, and decolonization, offering a timeless meditation on progress and sovereignty.

Earth Rising: Caribbean Monuments in the Face of Climate Change

23 June 2023 Curatorial Team

Taking inspiration from the work of Antonius Roberts, this talk explores a range of artistic practices that use (and abuse)

In Conversation with Antonius Roberts & Dr. Grace Turner

12 June 2023 Curatorial Team

UPDATE: CANCELED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES Dr. Grace Turner and Antonius Roberts began a rich conversation documented in the exhibition

Antonius, AfriCOBRA, and the Aesthetics of a True-True Bahamian

20 May 2023 admin

Joining host, Amanda Coulson, on The Blank Canvas tonight are Tessa Whitehead, curator of the upcoming show at The D’Aguilar Art Foundation, entitled “Diversions” and participating artists Melissa Alcena and Sofia Whitehead.

Angelic Remembrance: Antonius Roberts’ memorialises women of faith

12 December 2017 admin

By Keisha Oliver For Antonius Roberts, his creative practice meets an interesting balance between ritual and survival. He is highly

May’s Artwork of the Month: Antonius Roberts “Procession of Females in White Uniforms”

6 May 2017 admin

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”.

Art’s healing properties

10 April 2015 admin

by Ian Bethell-Bennett Art and literature often join forces to create a multi-layered experience; the words and images flow and