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Participants of Bahamasair plane design competition upset over chosen artwork
THE decoration of a new Bahamasair plane sparked complaints from artists who submitted designs for a competition.
Nature's Kiss to feature the artwork of Mullings and Tucker
Nassau, Bahamas - One night only at the Bahamas National Trust on Village Road.?
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011. Then to officially open on June 9th at the Via Caffe for a two week run.
Nature's Kiss - a 2 Man Art Show featuring Marco Mullings and Trevor Tucker
March's Artwork of the Month
March's Artwork of the Month
'Nassau Boy' (1973) by Maxwell Taylor is a patterned, shifting mass of humanoid parts set against a lightly textured background, with a hint of houses and civilisation in the distance. This work is most certainly not what one expects of Taylor's practice, but it is one of the more rebellious and unexpected pieces in the National Collection, a bit of a misfit, and our March Artwork of the Month.
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Prime Minister Presents Artwork Gift to Outgoing PAHO/WHO Representative
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis attended the Farewell Luncheon for outgoing PAHO/WHO Representative Dr. Esther de Gourville at Balmoral Club...
Vantage Commemorates NAD's 10th Anniversary with New LPIA Artwork
Last month, Vantage Airport Group officially dedicated new artwork to commemorate Nassau Airport Development Company’s (NAD) tenth anniversary as operators of Lynden Pindling International Airport...
Vantage Commemorates NAD’s 10th Anniversary With New LPIA Artwork
Last month, Vantage Airport Group officially dedicated new artwork to commemorate Nassau Airport Development Company’s (NAD) tenth anniversary as operators of Lynden Pindling International Airport. In April 2001, during NAD’s tenth anniversary celebrations, Vantage announced that a Bahamian artist had been commissioned to create the tenth anniversary gift and revealed renderings at a cocktail ...
May's Artwork of the Month.
May's Artwork of the Month.
Antonius Roberts is known as one of The Bahamas' leading artists, exploring themes of nature, humanity and spirituality through a diverse range of genres. Roberts focuses on sculpture, furniture making, and painting, as well as teaching and mentoring. Through his involvement with the arts community, Roberts inspires and supports emerging artists and scholars, providing a platform for defining the ...
February's artwork of the month
February's artwork of the month
The Bahamas has been a tourist location far longer than we have been independent - not hard, of course, with less than half a century of self-rule under our belt. So it makes sense that understanding ourselves and our national and cultural identity is quite difficult. The anxieties with trudging our way out of the muddled mix of British and African influence, the power of tourism in shaping our im...
Artwork of the Month
Artwork of the Month
Itchy white lace, decorative candles, pristine stockings, crisp gloves and fine gold chains. These three little brides - being married to the good Christian church they inherited as newfangled Bahamian post-colonial subjects, are a vision of all that is respectable and good and expected of a Bahamian of this time. Taken in 1978 by Sanford Sawyer, one of a few memorable Over the Hill photographers...
December artwork of the month
December artwork of the month
'Clay Oven' seems to be a quiet watercolor, content to sit amongst the bright splashes of color from John Beadle, Jackson Burnside or Brent Malone. If you were unfortunate enough to have a flying visit to see 'From Columbus To Junkanoo', where you had a supermarket dash style run through the galleries then you might miss it. But this kind of work can be the most interesting, especially if one has ...