Clik here to view.
The 2010 NGJ Christmas Cards Are Coming!
The 2010 NGJ Christmas cards will be available on November 1. As is customary, we have selected a number of popular works from our collection, with subjects appropriate to the Holiday season. This...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stanford Watson – Artist, Art Teacher and Community Art Activist
Stanford Watson - Malnourished Dog from an Independent State (1996), NGJ Collection Stanford Watson was born in Lucea, Hanover in 1959 as one of eight children. He enjoyed his time growing up in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2010 National Biennial: How To Use Smart Tags
As an experiment to explore the utility of such new, interactive technologies, we are introducing Microsoft Tags on our labels for the 2010 National Biennial. If you have a smart phone (Blackberry,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2010 National Biennial: Laura Facey Wins Aaron Matalon Award
Click to view slideshow. The NGJ is pleased to announce that Laura Facey has been awarded the 2010 Aaron Matalon Award for her installation Plumb Line in the 2010 National Biennial. Laura Facey was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NGJ to Stage Tribute to Albert Huie
Albert Huie - Crop Time (1955), Collection: NGJ On January 31, 2010, Jamaica received the news that Albert Huie, a major figure in the development of Jamaican art and, indeed, one of Jamaica’s most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2010 National Biennial: Silver Musgrave Medalist Gene Pearson
The Jamaican ceramicist Gene Pearson in 2010 received a Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica, the NGJ’s parent organization. As has become customary for artists who have been awarded...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2010 National Biennial: Silver Musgrave Medalist Gaston Tabois
The Jamaican Intuitive painter Gaston Tabois in 2010 received a Silver Musgrave Medal from the Institute of Jamaica, the NGJ’s parent organization. As has become customary for artists who have been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Press Release – The John Pringle Collection
Click to view slideshow. The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to announce the receipt of the John Pringle Collection, a major donation of 23 paintings by the Jamaican Intuitive master Mallica...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers: Eugene Hyde (1931-1980) – Part I: His Life
This first in a two-part feature on Eugene Hyde was researched and compiled by Monique Barnett, Curatorial Assistant. Rex Nettleford in discussion with Jamaican painter Eugene Hyde, who was working on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers: Eugene Hyde (1931-1980) – Part II: His Work
This second in a two-part feature on Eugene Hyde was researched and compiled by Monique Barnett, Curatorial Assistant. Eugene Hyde - Good Friday (Casualties series), 1978, Collection: NGJ Eugene Hyde’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers – Louisa “Ma Lou” Jones O.D. (1913 – 1992)
Louisa Jones "Ma Lou" - Bowl (n.d.). Collection: Museums of History and Ethnography, Institute of Jamaica The following post – another in our Jamaica’s Art Pioneers series – was researched and written...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dwight Larmond – Winner of the 2011 Claro Viewer’s Vote
Dwight Larmond - Wi and Dem (2011, mixed media) On the afternoon of September 15, 2011 Dwight Larmond, participant and bronze medallist of the 2011 National Visual Arts Competition and Exhibition, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Currently on View
Mallica "Kapo" Reynolds - Rising Table (Revival Table), 1972, John Pringle Collection, NGJ While preparing for our next major exhibition, the Barrington Watson Retrospective which is scheduled to open...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hylton Nembhard (1950-2011)
Click to view slideshow. The National Gallery of Jamaica regrets the passing of Jamaican artist Hylton Nembhard (1950-2011). This is our tribute to him, with thanks to Herman van Asbroeck for images of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers: Sidney McLaren (1895-1979)
Sidney McLaren – Scene on Harbour Street (1972), Collection: NGJ The Intuitive painter (and occasional sculptor) Sidney McLaren lived and worked in the parish of St Thomas, in eastern Jamaica, but is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers: Allan “Zion” Johnson (Isaac Johnson, 1930-2001)
Allan “Zion” Johnson – Peacock (2001), Collection: NGJ, Gift of Herman van Asbroeck. Biography Allan ‘Zion” Johnson (birth name: Isaac Johnson) was born May 28th, 1930, St Andrew, Jamaica. At the age...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers: Ras Dizzy (Birth Livingstone, c1932-2008)
Ras Dizzy – photograph by Wayne Cox It is believed that Ras Dizzy was born in 1932 as Birth Livingstone, the date and name stated in his passport, although he also used Birch Lincoln and Dizzy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers: William “Woody” Joseph (1919-1998)
Woody in Stony Hill, early 1980s (NGJ files, photograph: Maria LaYacona) Born May 1, 1919, in Castleton, St Mary, Jamaica, and died September 18, 1998, William “Woody” Joseph was one of modern...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Taj Francis (Jamaica) – 5th place, International Reggae Poster Contest
Taj Francis – The Upsetter (2012), fifth place winner in the First International Reggae Poster Contest The Jamaican graphic designer and illustrator Taj Francis placed fifth in the International Reggae...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Jamaica’s Art Pioneers: Gloria Escoffery, O.D (1923-2002)
Gloria Escoffery – Old Woman (1955), Collection: NGJ Who isn’t asking anyone to send me back From where I was born to where I wish to have been born. Italia, my Africa, I study your painters and your...
View Article