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.
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Any art lover can conjure images of Impressionism, a mode of painting beloved for its lush landscapes and dazzling plays of light. But as these five texts show, the movement now celebrating its 150th anniversary was diverse in its reckoning with changing social dynamics. After emerging in Paris in 1874, the Impressionist aesthetic spread widely, […]
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The Venice Biennale is upon us, returning for its 60th edition. Thousands will pour into the Italian city for the opening of one of the art world’s most prestigious events—barring a few interruptions—since 1895. When it closes in late November more than 800,000 people will likely have attended (if last year’s record–breaking numbers are any […]
Read MoreArs longa, vita brevis cautions the banner above Audrey Flack in her recent Self-Portrait with Flaming Heart (2022). The formidable nonagenarian artist, whose art career and life have in fact been enviably long (especially compared to the crowd of Abstract Expressionists she once rolled with), presents us with a Sacred Heart set afire. If one […]
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