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Art and Architecture

Lovers of art and architecture are catered on Curacao with a large art gallery in the beautiful historical Habaai Mansion. The Habaai Mansion used to be a plantation house and was turned into a luxury country house to later be used as a boarding school. Since 2007, the Alma Blou Gallery is located in the Habaai Mansion. The gallery has the largest art collection of the whole island. The mansion that has its origins in the beginning of the eighteenth century is now back in good condition thanks to the efforts of owners Popi and Herman Verboom. 

Throughout the whole year Alma Blou Gallery exhibits work from collections of local and Caribbean artists such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, jewellery and dolls. Six times a year the gallery has a solo or group exhibition of one or more artists. Used themes and materials vary, but all art has a Caribbean character and Curacao flair. Colours, architecture, the underwater world, people, mythology, the wind and landscape inspire artists: actually everything that has something to do with the diversity of Curacao.

For more information, opening times and prices check: www.galleryalmablou.com 

Dance performances at Teatro Luna Blou & snèk
Teatro Luna Blou regularly has dance performances by local and international dance companies. The theatre is located in the district Otrabanda, a nice neighbourhood in Willemstad, popular among many locals. Just before visiting the theatre you can have a light snack at the “snèk”: a Curacao variant of a snack bar where the locals go for social contact. More information about the programming of the theatre: www.lunablou.org 

Cultural Café
Art lovers combine a museum trip with a visit to the Cultural Cafe that takes place every third Thursday of the month at the Bloemhof Mansion. During the day you can visit the museum where local and international artists show their art and paintings.  In the evening on every third Thursday of the month you can enjoy the music or art of an invited artist. Check www.bloemhof.an for more information.

More information on: www.curacao.com