Video Documentary – Barrington: A Retrospective
For educational purposes only. This exhibition has been kindly sponsored by Jamaica National Building Society, Scotia Private Client Group, Island Car Rentals, Gleaner, Stewart’s Automotive,...
View ArticleIn Memoriam Barrington Watson (1931-2016)
Barrington Watson signs autographs for art students after his October 13, 2011 lecture at the National Gallery of Jamaica. The National Gallery of Jamaica is deeply saddened by the news that Jamaica...
View ArticleTribute to Barrington Watson
Further to our tribute to Prof. the Hon. Barrington Watson, O.J., who passed away on Tuesday, January 26, we have mounted a special display of some of Barrington’s key works from our collections,...
View ArticleLast Sundays of February 28 to Feature Tribe Sankofa
The National Gallery’s programme for Last Sundays on February 28, 2016 will feature Tribe Sankofa with Black Bodies and two exhibitions, Explorations IV: Masculinities and Tribute to Barrington...
View ArticleBARRINGTON WATSON IN CONTEXT – Part I
Barrington Watson – Dancer at Rest (c1962), Collection: NGJ The Jamaican Master Painter Barrington Watson passed away last month. Here is part I of the two-part post based on Veerle Poupeye’s essay for...
View ArticleBarrington Watson in Context – Part II
Barrington Watson – Self Portrait (1962) Collection: NGJ The Jamaican Master Painter Barrington Watson passed away last month. Here is part 2 of the two-part post based on Veerle Poupeye’s essay for...
View ArticleNGJ to Host Barrington Watson Lecture on October 13
Barrington Watson - Washer Women (1966), Collection: National Gallery of Jamaica The National Gallery of Jamaica, in association with the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts and on...
View ArticleBarrington Watson Lecture – October 13, 2011
On Thursday, October 13, 2011, the Jamaican master artist Barrington Watson presented a major public lecture at the NGJ. This lecture was presented as part of the Rex Nettleford Arts Conference, a...
View ArticleUpcoming: Barrington: A Retrospective (January 8-April 14, 2012)
The National Gallery of Jamaica is pleased to present Barrington: A Retrospective, an exhibition of more than 250 paintings, drawings and original prints by Jamaican master artist Professor the Hon....
View ArticleBarrington: A Retrospective – Annex Exhibition at the Olympia Art Centre
One of two annex exhibitions to Barrington: A Retrospective (January 8-April 14, 2012) is on view at the Olympia Art Centre. This annex exhibition,which is titled Our African Heritage, presents a...
View ArticleBarrington: A Retrospective – Annex Exhibition at the Bank of Jamaica
The second of the two annex exhibitions of the NGJ’s Barrington: A Retrospective (January 8-April 14, 2012) exhibitions is at the Bank of Jamaica. Barrington in the 1970s chaired the Bank of Jamaica’s...
View ArticleBarrington Watson – Out of Many, One People (1962)
Barrington Watson – Out of Many, One People (1962), whereabouts unknown His Grace Dr John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, and Mrs Sentamu visited the NGJ, and its current Barrington: A Retrospective...
View ArticleOpening Function – Barrington: A Retrospective, January 8, 2012
Dr Edward Watson, brother of Barrington Watson, speaks on behalf of the Watson family at the opening of Barrington: A Retrospective on January 8, 2012.
View ArticleLast Sundays February 25, 2018 to feature Sonnishea
The National Gallery of Jamaica’s Last Sundays programming for February will feature a musical performance by Sonnette McKenzie, known to the musical fraternity as Sonnishea. The exhibitions...
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