The Nation/The Imaginary Exhibition Opening

August 4, 2023

“The Nation/The Imaginary: The National Collection” will display over 500 works from the National Collection, acquired by the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas over its 20-year tenure. How does the artwork created by our artists reflect how we see and feel about ourselves? Art and artists have long been a central component in how we begin to identify Bahamianness, nationhood, and where we can imagine our country to go from here. All artists within our collection will be on display in this monumental exhibition.

The Nation/The Imaginary will open on October 19, 2023.… Read more

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Film Series: Home Alone

December 20, 2022

Holiday movies really don’t get better than this 1990 charmer starring the irresistible Macaulay Culkin. The McAllister family is going to Paris for Christmas (lucky them). Only they cross the Atlantic without one very important thing: their 8-year-old, Kevin. Now this boy is either going to have the time of his life or he’s going to be permanently scarred. Guess which one it ends up being? Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are perfectly cast as hapless house breakers outsmarted at every turn by an adorable prankster whose last name should be McGyver not McAllister. And director John Hughes also rewards … Read more

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Film Series: Home Alone

December 20, 2022

Holiday movies really don’t get better than this 1990 charmer starring the irresistible Macaulay Culkin. The McAllister family is going to Paris for Christmas (lucky them). Only they cross the Atlantic without one very important thing: their 8-year-old, Kevin. Now this boy is either going to have the time of his life or he’s going to be permanently scarred. Guess which one it ends up being? Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are perfectly cast as hapless house breakers outsmarted at every turn by an adorable prankster whose last name should be McGyver not McAllister. And director John Hughes also rewards … Read more

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Antonius Roberts: Art, Ecology, and Sacred Space

December 20, 2022

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) is pleased to announce that its upcoming exhibition, “Antonius Roberts: Art, Ecology, and Sacred Space” will debut on Thursday, February 2nd, 2023. The retrospective exhibition, curated by Bahamian art historian and educator Dr Krista Thompson, highlights the oeuvre of Robert’s lengthy career – with particular emphasis on his iconic series of public sculptures utilizing found timber. 

Using his Sacred Spaces installation at Clifton pier as a point of departure, Thompson shares, “This exhibition examines how Antonius Roberts, OBE (b. 1958), over decades, has used the island’s environmental, … Read more

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Antonius Roberts: Art, Ecology, and Sacred Space

December 20, 2022

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB) is pleased to announce that its upcoming exhibition, “Antonius Roberts: Art, Ecology, and Sacred Space” will debut on Thursday, February 2nd, 2023. The retrospective exhibition, curated by Bahamian art historian and educator Dr Krista Thompson, highlights the oeuvre of Robert’s lengthy career – with particular emphasis on his iconic series of public sculptures utilizing found timber. 

Using his Sacred Spaces installation at Clifton pier as a point of departure, Thompson shares, “This exhibition examines how Antonius Roberts, OBE (b. 1958), over decades, has used the island’s environmental, … Read more

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NE10 Artist Talk II

December 8, 2022

On Wednesday, December 14th at 6:30 pm the NAGB will host a second panel discussion that features artists from our current exhibition NE:10 “Mercy”.

Candis Marshall, Guilden Gilbert, and Averia Wright will join moderator John Cox in a discussion on the many facets of mercy, and reflect on the approach they have taken to address this complex subject in the work that was developed for the tenth National Exhibition. The NE 10 serves as a litmus test of what “is’ and “could be” in the context of the many signs, features, currents and hallmarks of the times in which we … Read more

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NE10 Artist Talk II

December 8, 2022

On Wednesday, December 14th at 6:30 pm the NAGB will host a second panel discussion that features artists from our current exhibition NE:10 “Mercy”.

Candis Marshall, Guilden Gilbert, and Averia Wright will join moderator John Cox in a discussion on the many facets of mercy, and reflect on the approach they have taken to address this complex subject in the work that was developed for the tenth National Exhibition. The NE 10 serves as a litmus test of what “is’ and “could be” in the context of the many signs, features, currents and hallmarks of the times in which we … Read more

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2023 MAC Conference: Power of Museums

December 1, 2022

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), in partnership with the Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBOB), the University of The Bahamas (UB), and the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC), is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting the Museums Association of the Caribbean’s (MAC) Conference in Nassau, March 1-5, 2023! For the first time since its inception, the Museum Association of the Caribbean’s (MAC) Conference will take place in The Bahamas under the theme “Power of Museums: Relevancy, Advocacy, Transformation”. 

The Caribbean-wide conference is a forum for the exchange of information and ideas … Read more

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2023 MAC Conference: Power of Museums

December 1, 2022

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), in partnership with the Central Bank of The Bahamas (CBOB), the University of The Bahamas (UB), and the Antiquities, Monuments and Museums Corporation (AMMC), is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting the Museums Association of the Caribbean’s (MAC) Conference in Nassau, March 1-5, 2023! For the first time since its inception, the Museum Association of the Caribbean’s (MAC) Conference will take place in The Bahamas under the theme “Power of Museums: Relevancy, Advocacy, Transformation”. 

The Caribbean-wide conference is a forum for the exchange of information and ideas … Read more

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NE10 Artist Talk

November 3, 2022

“Infinite mercy flows continually but you’re asleep and can’t see it.” – Jalāl al-Dīn RumiOn Wednesday, November 16th at 6:30 pm the NAGB will host the first in a series of three, panel discussions that feature artists from our current exhibition NE:10 “Mercy”.John Beadle, Heino Schmid and Sue Katz-Lightbourn will join moderator John Cox  in a discussion on the many facets of mercy, and reflect on the approach they have taken to address this complex subject in the work that was developed for the tenth National Exhibition. The NE 10 serves as a litmus test of what “is’ … Read more

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