WASHINGTON (AP):Vincent van Gogh's various versions of some of his well-known paintings are featured in the first major exhibit of his artwork in Washington in 15 years at The Phillips Collection.'
On an October afternoon, as the sun played hide and seek among the clouds, the shadows of the Georgian façades stretched and contracted like a time lapse video - the Spanish Town Square sat enclosed in a time warp as the world whizzed past.
Huracan, a Diana McCaulay novel is steeped in history, genealogy and culture. It deftly chronicles the progeny of a Scotsman with Jamaican roots while focusing on Leigh McCaulay, a young woman determined to quiet the noisy ghosts of a childhood bereft of attentive and loving parents and an ancestral past that is far from wanting.
Using her petite frame, big voice, expressive face and a wide range of emotions, A-dZiko Simba Gegele engaged and enthralled a packed room in the Centre for the Arts at the University of Technology, Jamaica, on Sunday, September 29.
Opposites attract, it is often said, a statement that might be a perfect fit to the marriage of the limitless creativity with the precision of technology.
Munich, Ingolstadt:Audi has merged technology and art - literally - as it has unveiled its Sport Quattro concept coupe as a sculpture in Die Neue Sammlung, The International Design Museum Munich.
The contribution of Jamaican music to world culture is an unquestionable accomplishment and has been celebrated in both professional and academic circles around the world.
Amitabh Sharma, Contributor"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots," said Marcus Mosiah Garvey - epitomised as the pioneer of Black Nationalism and Pan-African movement - who etched his name...
Olive Barnes was an unhappy child who needed to be first if only to compensate for the loving attention she was denied at home. She was a bright girl, very much aware of her academic prowess and petrified of coming below third place.
Since July 21, the National Museum Jamaica has been hosting RASTAFARI, A National Museum Jamaica Exhibition at its Water Lane Gallery in downtown Kingston. It is a showcase of the Rastafari movement, and all things it encompasses.
The Coromantees, as they were referred to by the British, came from the Kromantse (pronounced Kromanti) region on the Gold Coast in today's Ghana, where the British built their first slave trading fort in 1631.
Riding the subway on a steamy hot summer day is never quite inviting. Yet, I am exhilarated about my destination. 'Grounding' with the African diaspora is never a dull moment.
Candles in the Dark: The Authorized Biography of Fr Richard Ho Lung and the Missionaries of the Poor, Joseph Pearce, the pre-eminent Catholic biographer, introduces the world to Fr Richard Ho Lung and the more than 500 brothers who make up the Missionaries of the Poor (MOP).
What would you call a space that houses more than 170 pieces of art? A gallery? A museum? Or an art aficionado's sprawling villa? The answer: none of the above. What if one said that these artefacts sit in a library?
Many manuscripts are never published. Why? For the simple reason that authors sit on them thinking that it is not perfect enough to be seen by the public eye. They question themselves as to whether readers will judge them or be ridiculed for writing what they think in their minds is the most atrocious piece of work ever written on the planet.
