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An exhibition to encourage youngsters to express anti-violence feelings through art is a dream come true, a gallery founder said yesterday. Tom Butterfield, the executive director of the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, said that he was “really th...

The finalists of the 2019 Charman Prize were praised for their remarkable talent. Tom Butterfield, the founder and executive director of the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, which hosts the annual art competition, said the entrants were among “the...

A professional photographer who has only been full-time for six months has captured a prestigious $10,000 art prize. Jayde Gibbons, 28, said her victory in the Charman Prize was “a big win for Bermuda’s culture”. She added the success of her collage ...

The iconic Johnny Barnes statue has been donated to the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art. The bronze statue was erected in 1998 after a fundraising campaign by the Spirit of Bermuda Foundation, a group set up by entrepreneur Jim Butterfield. Now Mr...

A silver trophy is up for grabs in a marine art competition organised by the Bermuda Society of Arts. The winner will claim the Sergeant’s Cup for Marine Art, which was originally given to St Peter’s Church for its 400th anniversary by the Sergeant o...

An art-loving Egyptian schoolgirl on vacation in Bermuda spent her summer as a volunteer at the Masterworks gallery. Aisha Grant, 17, who came to the island to visit her Bermudian relatives, signed up to help with the children’s summer art and educat...

A Bermudian artist has given a historic whisky brand’s logo an island flavour. Jaylaka Jayathunga painted a statue of the 111-year-old “striding man” logo used by global Scotch whisky firm Johnnie Walker as part of worldwide drive to create customise...

A Canadian artist who has painted princes and prime ministers has donated some of his work to a Bermuda art gallery. Bernard Poulin, whose subjects have included the Royal Family’s Prince William and Jean Chrétien, a former Canadian prime minister, a...

Two charities each received $6,000 from the International Women’s Club of Bermuda, thanks to an art show and Christmas card sale. Tomorrow’s Voices, Bermuda Autism Early Intervention Centre and the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art welcomed the donat...

An art show will raise funds to support a sail training programme for public middle-school pupils. The Spirit of the Ocean show, organised by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation, opened yesterday at the Masterworks art gallery in the Botanical Gardens, Page...

Sharon Wilson is constantly impressed by just how interested toddlers are in learning. What she doesn’t understand, is why they lose that love as they get older. “I think it’s because we adults are always trying to dumb things down for children,” sai...

His original career path towards anthropology and history inadvertently set Peter Lapsley on a course to become an artist. The executive director of the Bermuda National Gallery was not tempted by his parents’ penchant for painting, nor indeed his a...