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Christmas Shopping at the NGJ Gift Shop
Are you in search of the perfect holiday gift to show your family and friends that you care? Look no further than the National Gallery of Jamaica Gift Shop, which offers a wide selection of fine gift...
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Last Sundays, November 29, 2015 – featuring Recent Acquisitions and GiRL
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for November 29, 2015 will feature an exhibition of Recent Acquisitions and a special musical performance by GiRL. The Recent Acquisitions...
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“Explorations IV: Masculinities” Opens at the National Gallery on December 6
The Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition will open at the National Gallery of Jamaica on Sunday, December 6, 2015. The exhibition is the fourth edition of the National Gallery’s critically...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities: Introduction
As is customary, we will be posting the text panels we have produced for the Masculinities exhibition, starting with this general introduction. Masculinities is the fourth in the National Gallery’s...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Gallery 1: Sexual Bodies – Beyond the Normative
Ebony G. Patterson – The Observation (Bush Cockerel) – A Fictitious History (2012), still from video installation Here is the second of our posts of the text panels in the Explorations IV:...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Gallery 2: Power and Status
Mallica “Kapo” Reynolds – Paul Bogle (1952), Larry Wirth Collection, NGJ Here is another in our series of posts based on the exhibition text panels for the Masculinities exhibition, which opens on...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Gallery 3: The Male Body as Icon –...
Edna Manley – Negro Aroused (1935), Collection: NGJ There are many examples in this exhibition of art works in which the male body serves as an icon that represents a particular ideal or cause. Such...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Gallery 4: The Athlete and the Worker
Barrington Watson – Athlete’s Nightmare II (1966), Collection: NGJ The Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition runs from December 6, 2015 to March 5, 2016. Here is another text panel from the...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Gallery 5: Style & Fashion
A. Duperly and Sons – Castleton Gardens (1901), Collection: NGJ Explorations IV: Masculinities opens on Sunday, December 6. Read more about Gallery 5 in this six-gallery exhibition: Once upon a time...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Gallery 6: Fathers, Brothers & Sons
Rose Murray – Seated Boy (1975), Collection: NGJ The Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition opens today, Sunday, December 6. Doors will be open from 11 am to 4 pm. The opening function starts at...
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Michael A. Bucknor – Refashioning Futures for Jamaican Masculinities (Part I)
Greg Bailey – Recruits (2014) The Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition, which was curated by O’Neil Lawrence, opened at the NGJ on Sunday, December 6, with Michael A. Bucknor as the guest speaker....
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Michael A. Bucknor – Refashioning Futures for Jamaican Masculinities (Part II)
Marlon James – Vogue (2012) We now present part II of the December 6, 2015 opening speech by Dr Michael A. Bucknor for the Explorations IV: Masculinites exhibition. For part one, please click here....
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Curator’s Notes
The following notes were contributed to the Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition catalogue by its curator, O’Neil Lawrence. Masculinities opened on December 6, 2015 and continues at the National...
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Call for Submissions: Digital
Submissions for the DIGITAL exhibition have now closed. We are very excited about the number and quality of submissions we have received – it will be a very interesting exhibition. Shortlisted...
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Explorations IV: Masculinities – Catalogue Introduction
Edna Manley – The Prophet (1935), Collection: NGJ In what is, at least for now, our final post on the Explorations IV: Masculinities exhibition, which continues until March 5, 2016, we present an...
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Last Sundays on December 27, Featuring Nexus and Masculinities
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for December 2015 is scheduled for Sunday, December 27, from 11 am to 4 pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to view the recently opened...
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Season’s Greetings from the National Gallery of Jamaica!
Isaac Mendes Belisario – Koo, Koo, or Actor-Boy (Sketches of Character) (1837), Aaron & Marjorie Matalon Collection, NGJ On this glorious, sun-filled Christmas morning, we would like to invite you...
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Saturday Art-Time is Back with “The Super Six Workshops”
The National Gallery of Jamaica is excited to announce that its premier child art programme, Saturday Art-Time, will be hosting a six-week workshop series for children, entitled The Super Six...
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January 31 Last Sundays to Feature Emerging Singer Shae
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sunday programme for January 2016 is scheduled for Sunday, January 31, 2016, from 11 am to 4 pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to view the Explorations IV:...
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In Memoriam Barrington Watson (1931-2016)
Barrington Watson signs autographs for art students after his October 13, 2011 lecture at the National Gallery of Jamaica. The National Gallery of Jamaica is deeply saddened by the news that Jamaica...
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