Last Sundays, January 26, featuring “Explorations II: Religion and...
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for January – the first such monthly event for 2014 – is scheduled for Sunday, January 26, from 11 am to 4 pm. Visitors will have the...
View ArticleStuart Hall (1932-2014)
Stuart Hall in Jamaica, 1998 (Photo courtesy of Annie Paul) We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Stuart Hall. Our Chief Curator, Charles Campbell, has penned the following tribute:...
View ArticleLast Sundays, February 23, 2014: Featuring Chrome and Religion and Spirituality
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for February 2014 is scheduled for Sunday, February 23, from 11 am to 4 pm. The Last Sundays performance, which will exceptionally start at 1...
View ArticleSOUND AND VISION: MUSIC AND SOUND IN THE WORK OF KAPO, EVERALD BROWN AND...
Everald Brown – Bush Have Ears (1976), Collection: NGJ This is the first of a three-part blog post series based on a lecture presented by NGJ Executive Director, Dr Veerle Poupeye, at the Jamaica Music...
View ArticleSOUND AND VISION: MUSIC AND SOUND IN THE WORK OF KAPO, EVERALD BROWN AND...
Click to view slideshow. We now present the second of a three-part blog post series based on a lecture presented by NGJ Executive Director, Dr Veerle Poupeye, at the Jamaica Music Museum’s Grounation...
View ArticleSOUND AND VISION: MUSIC AND SOUND IN THE WORK OF KAPO, EVERALD BROWN AND...
Everald Brown – Niabinghi Hour (1969), Collection: NGJ Here is the third and final of a three-part blog post series based on a lecture presented by NGJ Executive Director, Dr Veerle Poupeye, at the...
View ArticlePresently on View: Selections from our International Collection
Click to view slideshow. Whenever our central and mezzanine galleries are not in use for our formal exhibitions, we mount selections of our permanent collection. We have just updated the display with...
View ArticleLast Sundays: March 30, 2014, featuring TRIAD and Religion and Spirituality
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for March 2014 is scheduled for Sunday, March 30, from 11 am to 4 pm. Visitors will also have the opportunity to view the National Gallery’s...
View ArticleJamaican Art Exhibition in Cayman
Click to view slideshow. The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to report that a exhibition of Jamaican art, Jamaican Art from the 1960s and 1970s, is presently on view at the National Gallery of...
View ArticleOpportunity and Change
Street Mural by Ricky Culture (Ricardo Lawrence) – Kingston The National Gallery of Jamaica will be celebrating its fortieth anniversary later this year, on November 14, 2014 to be precise. This...
View ArticleOpening Remarks of Charles Campbell at Be Uncaged exhibition
Nadine Hall – Sacred Bodies (2014), detail of installation – presently on view in Be Uncaged The NGJ’s Chief Curator Charles Campbell was the guest speaker at the April 3 opening of Be Uncaged, an...
View ArticleJamaica Biennial 2014 – First Call
Ebony G. Patterson – The Observation (Bush Cockerel) — A fictitious History, video installation (detail), National Biennial 2012 The NGJ is pleased to announce the Jamaica Biennial 2014 exhibition,...
View ArticleExploring Spirituality in Jamaica – a Presentation by Bernard Jankee, April...
Everald Brown – Instrument for Four People (1986), Collection: NGJ The National Gallery of Jamaica and African-Caribbean Institute/Jamaica Memory Bank present: EXPLORING SPIRITUALITY IN JAMAICA by...
View ArticleLast Sundays – April 27, 2014: Last Chance to See Religion and Spirituality
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme for April 2014 is scheduled for Sunday, April 27, from 11 am to 4 pm. The focus of the April Last Sundays programme will be the Explorations...
View ArticleJAPAN: Kingdom of Characters –“Hello Kitty” comes to the National Gallery of...
In recent years, interest in Japanese pop culture, particularly anime and manga has dramatically grown all over the world. Jamaica is no exception, with a strong following among young Jamaicans, and...
View Article“Anything with Nothing: Art from the Streets of Urban Jamaica” Opens at the...
Anthony Brown – Janice (photo: Olivia McGilchrist) The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to present Anything with Nothing: Art from the Streets of Urban Jamaica, an exhibition of street art from...
View ArticlePoet Laureate Mervyn Morris, featured for Last Sundays
Professor Mervyn Morris, O.M., Poet Laureate The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to present an exciting and varied Last Sundays programme for May 25. In addition to the opening of the new...
View ArticleAnything With Nothing Opens at NGJ – Welcome Remarks
Click to view slideshow. The following is adapted from the welcome remarks by NGJ Executive Director, Dr Veerle Poupeye, at the opening of the Anything with Nothing exhibition on May 25. It is the...
View ArticleAnything With Nothing – Curatorial Introduction, Charles Campbell
Anthony Brown – Kimarley (Hannah Town), photo: Kara Springer The following is the curatorial introduction by NGJ Chief Curator Charles Campbell, which was presented at the opening of the Anything with...
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