"Casinos are designed with certain principles in mind: no clocks, no sharp turns, oxygen-rich air pumping through the vents to keep you alert. Everything is calibrated to disarm the parts of the brain that make you stop and reconsider. As I weave through the slot machines and card tables, I wonder whether any of that same science will make its way into the art fair. The expectation, walking in, is that it might."
"Now in its third edition, the FUZE Caribbean Art Fair has become a center of gravity for the region's cultural scene. This year's edition made headlines with the opening-night announcement that Lavar Munroe and the late John Beadle will represent the Bahamas at the 2026 Venice Biennale—only the second time the country will have its own national pavilion, the first being in 2013."
"The partnership between Baha Mar and the country's cultural agencies has been key to that ascent. The resort, which houses one of the Caribbean's largest art collections, provided every booth at FUZE free of charge, making it possible for artists, galleries, and institutions from across the region to participate. It's an inversion of the typical art fair model, more meeting ground than art market."
The walk from a hotel room at Baha Mar to the FUZE Art Fair passes through corridors, hotel towers, and a casino whose design aims to keep visitors moving and alert. FUZE operates as an improbable fair devoted to Caribbean art and dialogue inside a resort on Nassau. In its third edition, the fair has become a regional cultural center of gravity. An opening-night announcement named Lavar Munroe and the late John Beadle as Bahamas representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale, marking only the country's second national pavilion since 2013. A partnership with Baha Mar and cultural agencies provided free booths and inverted the usual art fair model, emphasizing meeting and regional participation over market priorities.
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