Suva Now To Follow The Arts

Suva’s first public art gallery was due to open during the last week in November. Called, appropriately enough, “The Art Gallery”, it is located where the Fiji Development Bank used to be, in Gumming Street.

First exhibition planned for the gallery was a display of 20 land scapes by Suva artist Terry Bennet, and 25 colourful Fijian scenes and reproductions of famous masters by Baron Nicholas Von Nagy, of Honolulu. The latter spent six weeks painting in Fiji. Among Fiji artists preparing exhibitions for the gallery are Irene Regnault and Robi Wilcock.

Directors of the new gallery are Mr. Ken Nelson and his wife Mary, who say they hope to cater for tourists and the local market.

Fiji is growing sophisticated!