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Institutional AnnouncementDiaspora

Jamaica’s 2012 National Biennial joins invited and juried artists

The National Gallery of Jamaica’s November 2012 announcement set out a biennial combining invited artists with a juried section open to Jamaican artists and artists living in Jamaica. Scheduled from December 9 to March 9, 2013, it also included tributes to recent Musgrave medal recipients Omari S. Ra, Bryan McFarlane and Ebony G. Patterson. Participants were eligible for the Aaron Matalon Award and consideration for acquisition awards.

National Gallery of Jamaica28 Nov 2012

CriticismPan-African

A book examines material and environment in contemporary African art

Hyperallergic’s Claire Breukel considers Environment and Object: Recent African Art, a publication developed by curators Lisa Aronson and John S. Weber. She finds its attention to materials and artists’ social and ecological surroundings a useful alternative to familiar stereotypes. While valuing the historical context and an interview with Chika Okeke-Agulu, she questions the absence of contributors based at African universities among the book’s essay writers.

Hyperallergic20 Aug 2012

OPENING THE JOURNAL

The living archive.

Jamaica’s 2012 National Biennial joins invited and juried artists

A book examines material and environment in contemporary African art

The living archive.

Jamaica’s 2012 National Biennial joins invited and juried artists

A book examines material and environment in contemporary African art

Global Africa Project challenges boundaries between art, design and craft

Jamaica announces an Albert Huie tribute

William Kentridge on drawing, failure and finding meaning through making

South African art took centre stage at a major auction

Bamako Encounters explored borders across African photography

Spier Contemporary 2010 selected 100 South African artists

Zanele Muholi received photography and sexuality-research honours

A new monograph surveyed Marlene Dumas’s painting and writing

William Kentridge joined TIME’s 2009 list of influential people

Artists created a limited poster series for the 2010 World Cup

Eleven/TwentyTen planned citywide art during the 2010 World Cup

David Goldblatt received the 2009 Henri Cartier-Bresson Award

Jamaica’s national gallery marked 35 years with renewed permanent displays

Greatmore Studios expanded ahead of its tenth anniversary

The first Joburg Art Fair paired commerce with a curatorial challenge

Africa Remix prompted questions of belonging at Johannesburg Art Gallery