buy issue

The connection to twitter has returned an error. Please try again later.

Updates

17. 5. 12

Calabash International Literary Festival presents “Jubilation 50″

Calabash International Literary Festival presents “Jubilation 50,” a celebration of Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence. International literary figures and artists from Africa, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe will converge on May 25-27, 2012, at Jakes Resort in Treasure Beach in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica. [caption id="attachment_14427" align="aligncenter" width="720" caption="Kendel Hippolyte at...

more...
17. 5. 12

$16 Million Basquiat Sets New World Record At Phillips Art Sale

The contemporary art auction at Phillips de Pury tonight in New York set a new world record for a work by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Untitled from 1981 sold for $16,322,500 including premiums to beat the previous record of $14.6 million set in 2007. The work went to a private bidder. “We are very happy,” said Simon de...

more...
16. 5. 12

Close Encounters of the Caribbean Kind

In the framework of the exhibition Who Sci-Fi More Than Us? Kunsthal KAdE in cooperation with the organization Framer Framed organizes an Artist talk the 26th of May. In conversation with the moderator Francio Guadaloupe five participating artists present their work in relation with the Caribbean artistic and cultural context. Migration, colonialism and diaspora are historical and...

more...
16. 5. 12

Seven Days in Havana official selection at Cannes Film Festival

The movie '7 Days in Havana', produced in collaboration with Havana Club, will compete at the Cannes Film Festival. The 2012 edition of the Cannes Film Festival includes the film 7 Days in Havana as part of the official selection for the “Un certain regard” [“A particular look”] category, which presents...

more...
15. 5. 12

‘Anarusha’, A Solo Exhibition by Charl Landvreugd

The solo exhibit 'Anarusha' by Dutch/Surinamese artist Charl Landvreugd opens on Sunday May 20th from 3-5pm at the Gallery Contempo, Heemraadssingel 119, 3022 CC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. For more information please visist : http://www.contempo.info/artists/charl-landvreugd. More work from the series will also be on view at the Kunstrai Art Far...

more...
14. 5. 12

Andre Bagoo reviews ‘Pictures from Paradise’

IN THEIR introduction, editors Melanie Archer and Mariel Brown make clear their intentions.  “Pictures from Paradise seeks to examine the ways in which contemporary art photography has evolved within the English-speaking Caribbean, rising beyond idyllic scenes to tackle more intricate issues,” they state. “Within the past few years, regional artists working...

more...
14. 5. 12

Philip Moore, an Artist from Guyana by Carl E. Hazlewood

I've known Philip all my life—in Guyana as a child, and while he lived here in the US. He was always a shining example and a model of determination and achievement in an unforgiving cultural environment. From Manchester, where he was born in the Guyana countryside, to Artist-In-Residence at Princeton...

more...