Life Between Islands: a tender portrayal of Caribbean-British identity

This is an ‘exhilarating’ and ‘thought-provoking’ Tate Britain exhibition

Jah Shaka by Denzil Forrester, 1983
Jah Shaka by Denzil Forrester, 1983
(Image credit: Collection Shane Akeroyd, London © Denzil Forrester via Tate Britain website)

Tate Britain’s ambitious new survey of Caribbean-British art has a simple premise, said Alastair Sooke in The Daily Telegraph. While the Caribbean diaspora’s musical and literary contribution to British culture is rightly and “widely acknowledged”, the achievements of visual artists with ties to the region are not.

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