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Jamaica Biennial 2014 to Open with Week of Events
Click to view slideshow. The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Jamaica Biennial 2014 will open with a week of events from December 7 to 14, 2014, and continue for three months, until March 15, 2015. The...
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NEW DAWN SCOTT MEMORIAL AWARD TO BE GIVEN TO AN ARTIST PARTICIPATING IN THE...
Dawn Scott and Edward M. Gómez in 2003 The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to announce the creation of the Dawn Scott Memorial Award, which will be presented to one artist participating in its...
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Gifts from the ‘Art': New Christmas Cards and Posters in the NGJ Giftshop
Make the National Gallery of Jamaica Gift Shop your destination this season for all your holiday needs. As is now customary, we have selected a number of popular Jamaican art works from our collection...
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Jamaica Biennial 2014 at Devon House
Click to view slideshow. One of the most exciting new developments in the Jamaica Biennial 2014 is the collaboration with Devon House, which is hosting Biennial projects by six artists, five from...
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The 2014 Aaron Matalon and Dawn Scott Memorial Awards Are Announced
Click to view slideshow. The National Gallery of Jamaica extends heartiest congratulations to Ebony G. Patterson, the winner of the 2014 Aaron Matalon Award, and Camille Chedda and Kimani Beckford, the...
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Jamaica Biennial: “Regal Zeen” by Matthew McCarthy
During the course of the Jamaica Biennial 2014, which is on view until March 15, at the National Gallery of Jamaica, Devon House, National Gallery West and, for Blue Curry’s project, on the streets of...
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Last Sundays: December 28, 2014, featuring the Jamaica Biennial and Nexus
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sunday programme for December 2014 is scheduled for Sunday, December 28, 2014, from 11 am to 4 pm. Visitors will have the opportunity to view the main exhibition...
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Jamaica Biennial 2014 – Hours and Admission
The Jamaica Biennial 2014 continues until March 15, 2015. Viewing hours and admission charges are as follows: Installation view – Jamaica Biennial 2014 @ National Gallery of Jamaica (Photo: Deborah...
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Jamaica Biennial: The Girl and the Magpie – Love is Not Enough
Love Is Not Enough was a dance performance, billed as an “environmental performance”, which was held at the main opening reception of the Jamaica Biennial 2014 on December 14, 2014. The performance...
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Saturday Art Time Resumes on January 17
The National Gallery of Jamaica is delighted to announce the resumption of its innovative child art programme, Saturday Art-Time, on Saturday, January 17, 2015. The programme, which has been active...
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Last Sundays – January 25, 2015, feat. Smallman, The Solitary Alchemist and...
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programme continues on Sunday, January 25 with a screening of two films: Smallman: The World My Father Made (2013) and The Solitary Alchemist (2010)....
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Jamaica Biennial 2014 – Behind the Scenes: The Installation of Laura Facey’s...
Click to view slideshow. Once an exhibition is up and running, everything may seem effortless and it is easy to forget what went into the installation. In this post, the first of several that give you...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Young Talent 2015
Leasho Johnson – The Product (2010), detail of installation – Young Talent V, 2010 Since 1985, the National Gallery of Jamaica has staged five Young Talent exhibitions, the most recent of which were...
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TRIBUTE TO ANNABELLA PROUDLOCK
Annebella Proudlock (l), with Barrington Watson and Joseph Matalon at the NGJ in 1999 The National Gallery of Jamaica pays tribute to Annabella Proudlock, artist, collector, art patron and gallerist,...
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Last Sundays: February 22, 2015
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays event for February 22, 2015, will feature yoga in the gallery with Nadine McNeil (Universal Empress) & Donovan Manning, music by DJ Iset Sankofa, and...
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NOTES ON THE BIENNIAL: NAVIGATING THE IMAGE ECONOMY
Kimani Beckford – B.I.B (2014) There has been quite a bit of discussion about the similarity of Kimani Beckford’s B.I.B., a large painting on view in the Jamaica Biennial 2014, and Barkley Hendricks’...
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Jamaica Biennial 2014 to Close on March 15 with Artists’ Talks
The Jamaica Biennial 2014 is scheduled to close on Sunday, March 15, and to mark the occasion the National Gallery of Jamaica will exceptionally be open from 11 am to 4 pm on that day. A special...
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When Images Come Home to Roost: Notes on Blue Curry’s PARADISE.jpg
Blue Curry – PARADISE.jpg, at the corner of Orange Street and Port Royal Street Although the Jamaica Biennial 2014 has now closed, we intend to continue the dialogue. Here is a guest-post by freelance...
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LAST SUNDAYS, MARCH 29, 2015: CELEBRATING THEATRE MONTH
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays event for March 29, 2015, will feature two short plays set in the galleries, Sure Thing by David Ives and Untitled #2 by Jim Gordon, which are staged in...
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WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU – UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
Judith Salmon, Palimpsests (2014, detail) Now that the Jamaica Biennial 2014 is behind us, we are pleased to let you know what we have in store for the rest of the year, in terms of exhibitions. The...
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