The Nation/The Imaginary Exhibition Opening

“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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NE10 Artist Talk II

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

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

“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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NE10 Artist Talk

“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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