Arrive, Homepage Slider, Arts and Architecture, People
By Janine Mendes-Franco ● Issue 170 (May/June 2022)
Bridging the divide | Portfolio
This year, Caribbean artists will have their biggest ever presence at two of the world’s most significant contemporary art events — the Venice Biennale and documenta fifteen. Janine Mendes-Franco learns more
Embark, Music, Arts and Architecture, Fashion and Jewellery, Festivals and Events
By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 168 (January/February 2022)
Need to know | Event calendar (Jan/Feb 2022)
Essential info to help you make the most of January and February — even in the middle of a pandemic
Immerse, Arts and Architecture
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 167 (November/December 2021)
Assembling fragments | Portfolio
A new exhibition in Toronto brings together an important collection of historical photographs and the work of contemporary Caribbean artists, to show how our stories and ideas have evolved over time
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, People
By Andre Bagoo ● Issue 166 (September/October 2021)
Tavares Strachan: hidden figures | Closeup
The imaginative power of art meets the materials of science in the continuously innovative works of Bahamian Tavares Strachan, which meditate on history’s unsung heroes, writes Andre Bagoo
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, People, Guadeloupe
By Shereen Ali ● Issue 159 (September/October 2019), Caribbean Resilience (1 May 2020)
Kelly Sinnapah Mary: Riddles of survival | Portfolio
Working across mediums, Guadeloupean artist Kelly Sinnapah Mary creates images with a fairytale quality, mingling cruelty and enchantment, as she explores postcolonial dilemmas and the resistance of self-invention, writes Shereen Ann Ali
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, People, United Kingdom, The Bahamas
By Andre Bagoo ● Issue 162 (March/April 2020)
The rightest place | Portfolio
“Art has to transform,” says Blue Curry. The London-based Bahamian artist puts unlikely objects into new contexts, writes Andre Bagoo — and sometimes out of place is where things belong
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, Haiti
By Nixon Nelson ● Issue 160 (November/December 2019)
The Ghetto Biennale: when art is defiance | Backstory
Ten years ago, a group of artists in Haiti launched an audacious, even provocative, project: the Ghetto Biennale, drawing international attention to the creative community in Port-au-Prince’s Grand Rue. The event’s tensions and discomforts are at the heart of its mission, writes Nixon Nelson, as the Ghetto Biennale prepares to stage its sixth edition
Immerse, Arts and Architecture, People
By Andre Bagoo ● Issue 157 (May/June 2019)
Jean-Ulrick Désert: look and look again | Closeup
Born in Haiti, currently based in Berlin, Jean-Ulrick Désert may be a citizen of the world — but his ideas are shaped by his Caribbean roots. A kind of discomfort that makes you look closer is key to this artist’s work, writes Andre Bagoo