Continuity: Expanding the Legacy of Women’s Artistry in Jamaica What does fifty look like? How does an institution evaluate its progress towards its original vision and mandate after fifty years? And what legacies does an institution choose to mark its golden milestone as it looks towards the forthcoming fifty years? These are the questions that the National Gallery of Jamaica answers with its fifty […]

Colonial Inheritance and Contemporary Struggles In the Continuity exhibition held at The National Gallery of Jamaica, Phillip Thomas’ Jamaican Marriage, circa 1975, 2024, and Monique Gilpin’s Venus Figurines, 2020, stand as powerful compliments to one another. Each addressing the complexities of identity in contemporary Jamaica. Thomas’ sculpture, a meticulously curated glass shelf of everyday household objects critically engages with themes […]

Fifty Years On: The National Gallery of Jamaica Reaffirms Its Mission with “Continuity” as a Contemporary Retrospective Retrospectives remain the preferred format for galleries and museums to survey both the oeuvre of artists and, periodically, their own collections. Often regarded as a defining moment in the career of an artist, retrospectives provide a unique opportunity to demonstrate the full extent of their impact and legacy within the art world. Within the contemporary […]