Last week, we highlighted some of the ways to explore the Caribbean beyond the beach: namely, by visiting museums. But there are also scores of small, excellent art galleries across the region, from small boutiques to larger exhibition spaces. This isn’t a list of all the best art galleries in the region; rather, it’s a sampling of the diversity of spaces and works you can enjoy when you’re in the Caribbean. We thought we’d bring you some suggestions for the rest of 2014, from the Bahamas to the north to Trinidad to the south.

Gallery of West Indian Art — Jamaica

This gallery and store in Montego Bay has been around for more than four decades, and has a particularly strong collection of art by Cuban and Haitian painters.