Although he is Nicaraguan, he has lived most of his life in Costa Rica, a country that has seen him grow with art. Today, he does not seek to be recognized for his style or technique but to attract artists to an artistic movement that will leave a mark in the history of art.
Jo Lawson-Tancred (Artnet) reviews the sculpture “The First Supper (Galaxy Black)” by Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan. This monumental piece has been installed in the courtyard of The Royal Academy of Art as part of “Entangled Pasts, 1768-now: Art, Colonialism and Change,” which runs through April 28, 2024. [Also see previous post Entangled Pasts 1768-Now: Art,…
In the wake of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s exhibition Black Atlantic about its founder’s ties to the slave trade comes the Royal Academy’s Entangled Pasts, less of a mea culpa than an examination of conscience by an institution which, although hailed by its first president Sir Joshua Reynolds as an ‘ornament’ of Empire, was innocent of