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"ARTE" is the first illustrated overview of the visual arts on the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. With 115 color illustrations representing the work of sixty artists, both living and dead, this publication provides a look at the best the "Netherlands Caribbean" has to offer. Authors Adi Martis and Jennifer Smit, distinguished art historians from the region, describe the surprising artistic development that has been taking place on these six Caribbean islands in recent decades.

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