Veerle Poupeye's blog about art in the Caribbean and beyond
Detail of a work by Patrick Villaire at his studio (photo: Veerle Poupeye) This post was first published in the Jamaica Monitor of February 6, 2022. It is now reproduced here with a few updates and corrections. The occasion for my trip to Haiti, which ended on February 4, was my role in the Caribbean... Continue Reading →
Pascale Monnin - Chuchotements, 2014, collection: the Artist This commentary, on the recently closed Vives Exhibition, was first published in the Jamaica Monitor of January 30, 2022. During my stay here in Haiti, I have had the opportunity to share a house, and to work and exchange thoughts with two highly accomplished women in the... Continue Reading →
The recently restored Maison Chenet (photo: Veerle Poupeye) This post was originally published in the Jamaica Monitor of January 16, 2022. The original full version of the article is reproduced here. As I write this column, I am nearly halfway through my five-week stay in the country, to work on a project for Le Centre... Continue Reading →
The Centre d'Art building in the 1950s or early 60s. It was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake (photo: courtesy of Le Centre d'Art). This article was first published, in two parts, by the Jamaica Monitor on September 19 and 26, 2021. It is posted here with some minor modifications. Le Centre d’Art is among the... Continue Reading →
This essay was written as a commission by Le Centre d'Art for the catalogue of the exhibition by the Haitian artist Tessa Mars titled "île Modèle-Manman Zile-Island Template", at the Maison Dufort in Port-au-Prince, May 31-June 29, 2019. It was translated into French for the catalogue. The original English version is posted here, with permission... Continue Reading →
Two troubling documents came to my desk recently and, well, they put a few more bees in my bonnet (it's becoming a bit of a hive in there!). One was a promotional article on a concurrent suite of three "Frieze Week" exhibitions of Haitian art in London that appeared in the Telegraph; the other was... Continue Reading →
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