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With his studio space in the back and a gallery space at the front, Lunn both invites structure into his living space and injects informality into an otherwise very formal practice. Such a space presents more of a whole picture of the artist as well as a comfortable atmosphere where pressures to buy and sell are lifted, allowing easy and intimate conversation to flow.

“I learned from Kendal Hanna that spaces don’t have to be polished; shirts don’t have to be tucked in every time you show – sometimes a working space is appropriate,” said Lunn.

The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas was featured on ZNS last night, with video footage of the current exhibition, “As We Knew Him” – a tribute to Jackson Burnside.

Kishan Munroe has been putting in long hours at his studio at Popopstudios ICVA. He is working on a new mural with a socio-political theme. More information to follow as to the concept and where the mural will be displayed upon completion.

Following the successful and exciting symposium on the life and works of Frantz Fanon at The College of The Bahamas Fanon Symposium 2011 this past December, COB professors Craig Smith and Keithley Woolward are ready to establish the framework for year-round critical conversations open to the public.

“It’s about creating a culture of critical engagement where academic or critical thinking that is usually associated with academic institutions is not uncommon to The Bahamas,” explains Woolward.

The new tours offered by Islandz will launch with a special inaugural day tour this Saturday, February 11 for $20 per person. It’s an auspicious beginning for the expanded company as they will launch on the same day as – and include on the tour – the Antonius Roberts Studio and Gallery at Hillside House on Cumberland Street. It will also cover the recently-opened tribute to Jackson Burnside at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, “As We Knew Him”, as well as other spaces.

Into the Mix – exhibition at The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft – will be an excellent example of the return to Materiality for 10 artists that have a relationship to the Caribbean. Bahamian artists featured are Heino Schmid, Blue Curry and Janine Antoni.

The exhibition, “Deception” – launched December 8, 2011 – showcases the works of seventeen brilliant […]

As the new director of the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB), Amanda Coulson plans to stimulate a market for Bahamian art home and abroad. With 20 years of management experience, Ms Coulson said she plans to use her expertise and her networks to expose Bahamian art to the global marketplace.

It’s not hard to miss when zooming by in cars, but tucked away into the side of the slope at #25 Cumberland Street of downtown Nassau in the midst of abandoned and dilapidated structures is the newly renovated Hillside House.

Once destroyed by fire and abandoned itself, the structure has been given new life by Bahamian artist Antonius Roberts as the Antonius Roberts studio and gallery space.