Bat and Ball was curated by Dennis de Caires (see Eye on Art, 12 May 2024) and Trinidadian gallerist living in Guyana, Christina Grell. Elsewhere, in the exhibition, the paraphernalia, we are told ...

Western cultures have generally regarded bats with superstition and fear; but in China, expressed in art and handicrafts, the bat has achieved respectability as a symbol of happiness and good luck.