{"id":514373,"date":"2026-07-07T16:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/514373\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:26:13","slug":"museum-especially-proud-of-new-acquisitions-the-royal-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/514373\/","title":{"rendered":"Museum \u2018especially proud\u2019 of new acquisitions – The Royal Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

Created: Jul 07, 2026 10:38 AM (Updated: Jul 07, 2026 10:38 AM)<\/p>\n

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New addition: Louisa Bermingham\u2019s From Sunrise to Sunset has been added to the permanent collection at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art (Image supplied)<\/p>\n

Five new works have been added to the permanent collection at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, thanks to the support of dedicated donors and the Bermuda Arts Council.<\/p>\n

John Hartman\u2019s The View North from Gibbs Hill Lighthouse was acquired with the support of Mary Ellen Snow, as well as family and friends, in memory of Joseph Snow.<\/p>\n

The artist\u2019s engagement with Bermuda dated to a 2005 visit, when he was particularly inspired by the sweeping vantage point from the Southampton landmark.<\/p>\n

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The View North from Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, by John Hartman<\/p>\n

Parakeet and Tropical Fruit, by Janet Fish, is a visual celebration of the island’s light and colour as well as the painter’s memory of childhood amid its subtropical splendour.<\/p>\n

The work was gifted to Masterworks last year by Margot Perot and family.<\/p>\n

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Bowl of Onions and Squash, by Janet Fish (Image supplied)<\/p>\n

In Bowl of Onions and Squash, also by Ms Fish, Bermuda onions become a central subject.<\/p>\n

It was gifted to the museum by Lynanne Sharpe Bolton.<\/p>\n

Another two major acquisitions were made possible owing to the support of the Bermuda Arts Council.<\/p>\n

Flotsam and Jetsam was created by Bermudian contemporary artist Meg Walters, while Louisa Bermingham\u2019s From Sunrise to Sunset offers a luminous depiction of the island\u2019s daily rhythms.<\/p>\n

Sara Thom, a curatorial researcher at Masterworks, said: \u201cThe permanent collection is the heart of Masterworks Museum, with our foundational mission not just to furnish Bermuda with a premier collection of artworks but also to continue to expand it through new acquisitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are especially proud of our five recent acquisitions, which are prime examples of contemporary works that consider the island through a fresh lens.<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether, they show the depth and diversity of both our collection and of Bermuda as a place and subject for complex and interesting art.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Created: Jul 07, 2026 10:38 AM (Updated: Jul 07, 2026 10:38 AM) New addition: Louisa Bermingham\u2019s From Sunrise…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,31479,498,255628,499,500,501,156,31480,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-514373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-general","tag-arts-and-design","tag-arts-venues","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-masterworks-museum-of-bermuda-art","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}