Our Bahamas Art Channel is curated by Bahamian artists who have contributed to the art community in The Bahamas for decades.
About Bahamian Art
Bahamian artists have evolved over the decades, moving away from traditional folk art to a more personal style. Contemporary Bahamian art is now being recognized and sold around the world. Art from Bahamian photographers is also becoming more popular in galleries and online sales.
The Bahamas has long had a vibrant arts community encompassing artists working in a wide variety of creative fields. The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas features an extensive collection of primarily Bahamian art, including paintings by Amos Ferguson, sculptures by Antonius Roberts and pencil drawings of historic Nassau from the 18th century. Other galleries and Bahamas artist studios are located in Nassau and throughout the other Bahama islands.
For many years, art in The Bahamas consisted primarily of straw crafts and paintings of island life, created primarily for the tourist market. Over the past few decades, a new crop of Bahamian artists has emerged on the scene expressing themselves in new, creative and uniquely Bahamian ways. These young artists are encouraging a new form of individualism and artistic personality.
Meet Bahamian artists and find locations of art galleries and other art resources in the Bahamas art listings in our hand-selected Directory.
We feature art and artists of The Bahamas including artwork, artist interviews, art & culture events, exhibition reviews and gallery openings.
The 10-member international jury for this, Fida’s 9th awards ceremony, represented a cross section of contemporary illustrators and artists working in the fashion, beauty and lifestyle space who regularly collaborate with luxury brands, big box retailers, and glossy magazines. Their careers are testament to the fact that in almost every field of commerce illustration has […]
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson, whose beaded painting Born to Be Alive (2023) appears on the cover of Art in America’s Summer 2024 “Icons” issue, is the subject of a profile in the magazine. From his studio in Hudson, New York, Gibson told A.i.A. the backstory of the cover image, a detail of a larger work shown here […]
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Swirling coils, dancing legs, twitching starfish, and thrown dice are a few of the beguiling visuals in Man Ray: Return to Reason, a recently released collection of four experimental shorts in the oeuvre of the seminal Dada and Surrealist artist. Last May, the Cannes Film Festival debuted the newly restored 4K versions of the films […]
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Founded in 2017, contemporary art gallery Mestre Projects has developed a diverse and dynamic exhibition program that platforms Bahamian and Caribbean as well as international artists. Helmed by Jose Mestre, the gallery was formerly based in New York, but relocated to Nassau, the Bahamas, driven by Mestre’s vision. Unique to the gallery, Mestre Projects maintains […]
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In this episode of The Business of Fashion podcast, Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre shares more about his exhibition ‘Prints, films, a rave and more…’ at Momu, the fashion museum in Antwerp, Belgium. A selection of works by the Belgian photographer will be on display at the museum from April 27 to August 4, 2024. The […]
Read MoreDuring the early 1960s, at the height of “Beatlemania,” New York City was taken by storm as The Beatles kicked off their visit to the US. Tens of thousands of fans hurried to the streets, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Fab Four, and band member Paul McCartney was ready to greet them. But […]
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