NLS is a contemporary visual art initiative from the city of Kingston. It was founded as a place for visual artists who are making work in dialogue with contemporary issues to experiment with new ideas. Interdisciplinary collaboration and open access are principles at the core of their operations.
The goal of NLS is to support visual artists whose practice is based in relentless experimentation, and to connect them to the global contemporary art community. NLS do this by providing structured support through an artist residency and exhibition program.
Art Spaces
NLS
Kingston, Jamaica


NLS. Courtesy NLS.
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Talks / Workshops
Curadores indígenas em diálogo
Instituto Moreira Salles
São Paulo, Brazil
02 February - 02 February 2023


Exhibitions
Solo-exhibition of La Chola Poblete: Deutsche Bank's “Artist of the Year” 2023
PalaisPopulaire
Berlin, Germany
08 September - 05 February 2024


Exhibitions
Coração na aldeia, pés no mundo
Sesc
Piracicaba, Brazil
09 November - 30 April 2023


Exhibitions
Um século de agora
Itaú Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
17 November - 02 April 2023


Exhibitions
Supernova: UÝRA
MAM Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11 December - 02 April 2023


Exhibitions
Sobre Papel
Casa Silvana
Humacao, Puerto Rico
21 January - 04 February 2023


Exhibitions
32º Programa de Exposições CCSP – II MOSTRA 2022
CCSP
São Paulo, Brazil
05 November - 26 February 2023


Exhibitions
Nise da Silveira – A Revolução pelo Afeto
Sesc Belenzinho
São Paulo, Brazil
09 December - 26 March 2023


Exhibitions
Solamente yo puedo confeccionar mi mañana
TEOR/éTica
San José, Costa Rica
20 October - 18 February 2023


Exhibitions
En la luz como ceniza
Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
21 December - 17 February 2023


Exhibitions
(IN)DEPENDENCE
The Olympia Gallery
Kingston, Jamaica
08 December - 31 January 2023


Exhibitions
Viver até o fim o que me cabe: uma aproximação
Sesc Belenzinho
São Paulo, Brazil
26 October - 26 February 2023
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An Initiative For Caribbean Art
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Guatemala
Lucía Ixchíu: As an Indigenous Woman, Art Has Saved My Life
A chat with the artist, activist, cultural manager and curator Maya K’iche about art as resistance and therapy in Guatemala.



Installation View
Nakoada: Strategies for Modern Art
Exhibition at MAM Rio presents works from the museum's modernist collection in dialogue with indigenous ceramics and works by contemporary artists.


Cuba
Indiscipline and Counter-memory in Afro-Cuban Art
An exhibition about Afro-Cuban art at Harvard’s institution dedicated to the art of the African diaspora.


Installation View
Venice Biennale: Chile and Peru
Peruvian artist Christian Bendayan and Chilean Voluspa Jarpa at the 58th Venice Biennale.


Corredor Afro, Puerto Rico
Taking Control of Your Own Story
A new art space in Loíza, Puerto Rico, establishes creative links between the African Diaspora and Africa. A conversation with Marta Moreno Vega, one of its founders.


Looking back
The legacy of Mestre Didi
Mestre Didi’s unique artistic oeuvre emerges from a breadth of knowledge obtained inside the Nagô Candomblé.


Contemporary Afro-Latin American Voices
Old Conflicts, New Expressions
The question of identity is still an important vehicle for creativity in Latin America and sparks original forms of expression.


In Conversation with Moisés Patrício
“Fascism is a ghost who keeps on haunting us”
Brazilian artist Moisés Patrício talks about his career, filled with international travel “after 400 years of imprisonment in Brazil”.