Elyssa Goodman (Art Basel) writes, “Artists like Teresita Fernández and Firelei Báez depart from established narratives to show the region anew.” [This article was originally published in the Art Basel Miami Beach magazine, 13 November 2023.] The palm tree is a cliché, a long-standing symbol for another cliché: paradise in its escapism, peace and tranquility. As…
An exhibition of contemporary Caribbean art offers glimpses into the region’s complexities. A review by Murray Whyte for The Boston Globe. “Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today,” just opened at the Institute of Contemporary Art, simmers with the unease of an impossible task nonetheless well-executed. Complexity is its underpinning; coherence is its natural…