Tag: National Gallery
Local art community mourns death of Bendel Hydes
(CNS) The founding father of contemporary art in the Cayman Islands, Bendel Hydes from West Bay, died at the age of 72 on Tuesday morning, a family member confirmed to CNS. The pioneering artists was said to have laid the foundation for the development of the local professional art sector and put Cayman on the […]
Gallery secures Hydes’ work through Olde donation
(CNS): The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands (NGCI) has acquired a collection of work by Bendel Hydes, widely regarded as the founding father of Cayman contemporary art. Despite the importance of his work to the local artistic landscape, the gallery has never been able to afford to buy much of it. After recent fundraising […]
Local foundation covers arts student’s masters
(CNS): The charitable foundation IAMCO, established by wealthy philanthropist Susan Olde, has awarded a financial grant to Caymanian student Kerri-Anne Chisholm to pursue postgraduate studies at the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom. The grant will be administered by the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands and fully fund Chisholm’s year-long Master’s degree in […]
Artists get microscopic in new exhibition
(NGCI): The National Gallery of the Cayman Islands’ (NGCI) new exhibition bridges the gap between art and science by illuminating miniscule organic forms called foraminifera that can be found in the sand beneath our feet. Luminescent Forms: Art Under the Microscope features a series of these tiny single-celled organisms that have been beautifully magnified and […]
