The Clark Art Institute presents Beyond Boundaries: Seeing Art History from the Caribbean, edited by Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Wayne Modest. With essays by Anthony Bogues, Petrina Dacres, Aldelaide Delgado, Andil Gosine, Erica Moiah James, María Elena Ortiz, Jerry Philogene, Veerle Poupeye, Adrienne Rooney, Faith Smith, and Nicole Smythe-Johnson, this collection is described as “an examination of how engagement with the nuances of Caribbean intellectual thought could reshape art history.”
Description: Despite its rich cultural and intellectual heritage, the Caribbean region has often been excluded from art history—along with essential discussions ranging from plantation life and antislavery movements to decolonization and transculturation. Beyond Boundaries: Seeing Art History from the Caribbean explores why the field has been slow to embrace Caribbean intellectual history and advocates for an approach that acknowledges the multidisciplinary and multilingual nature of the region’s voices. By reevaluating existing interpretive methodologies, the authors show how a broader engagement with Caribbean perspectives can benefit art history, reshaping the discourse and creating a more inclusive and dynamic field.
Anna Arabindan-Kesson is associate professor of Black diasporic art, with a joint appointment in the Departments of African American Studies and Art and Archaeology, at Princeton University.
Wayne Modest is director of content at Wereldmuseum (Amsterdam, Leiden, Rotterdam, Nijmegen) and professor of material culture and critical heritage studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Beyond Boundaries: Seeing Art History from the Caribbean
330 Pages
120 color illus.
2026
Published by the Clark Art Institute and distributed by Yale University Press
ISBN 978-0-300-279979-4 (softcover)
For more information, see https://www.clarkart.edu/Museum/Publications/Clark-Studies-in-the-Visual-Arts-(1)/Beyond-Boundaries
The Clark Art Institute presents Beyond Boundaries: Seeing Art History from the Caribbean, edited by Anna Arabindan-Kesson and Wayne Modest. With essays by Anthony Bogues, Petrina Dacres, Aldelaide Delgado, Andil Gosine, Erica Moiah James, María Elena Ortiz, Jerry Philogene, Veerle Poupeye, Adrienne Rooney, Faith Smith, and Nicole Smythe-Johnson, this collection is described as “an examination
