Veerle Poupeye's blog about art in the Caribbean and beyond
The "Out of Many, One People" Design for Jamaica's new Parliament building (image source: JIS) Two years ago, the Government of Jamaica, launched a competition for the design of a new Parliament building, to be located in National Heroes Park. The winning proposal, which was announced in April 2019, was the design titled "Out of... Continue Reading →
For a number of years now, the Institute of Jamaica, which is the parent organization of the National Gallery of Jamaica and other Jamaican museums, has been hosting an annual Heritage Fest, as part of the Ministry of Culture's Heritage Month observations. This is normally a live event but since the Institute of Jamaica and... Continue Reading →
The self-taught artist Everald Brown with the author in 1987, in the Kapo Gallery at the National Gallery. Part of Kapo's head (and turban) can be seen to the right My blog has been rather quiet for the last two months (perhaps to the relief of some). The reasons have nothing to do with the... Continue Reading →
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