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Caribbean

Situated largely on the Caribbean Plate, the region comprises more than 700 islands, islets, reefs and cays.

August 2023
Happy Emancipation Day Happy Emancipation Day from the Board of Directors, management and staff of the National Gallery of Jamaica. Today we commemorate the abolishment of slavery following the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation in King’s Square, Spanish Town on August 1, 1834.
July 2023
NGJ Hosts Successful IRPC Auction On Saturday July 1, 2023 the National Gallery of Jamaica successfully hosted its third auction for the International Reggae Poster Contest (IRPC) in support of The Alpha Institute. The auction consisted of the top one hundred posters that were featured in the 29th Art of Reggae Exhibition. Also auctioned were nine posters from Maria Papaefstathiou’s […]
NGJ Artworks featured in O Quilombismo, Berlin  Artworks from the NGJ’s permanent collection have been included in an international art exhibition entitled O Quilombismo, which opened on June 2, 2023 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) located in Berlin, Germany. The HKW is “…a pluri-disciplinary institution in Berlin whose work centers around the practices of visual arts, performative arts, sonic/music, […]