14th Mercosur Biennial
Flowing Affections: Laryssa Machada’s Sensitive Geographies
In Conversation With
Jesús Hilário-Reyes: Dissolving Notions of Group and Individual
Asia and Latin America
Andrea Chung: Dematerialization to Subvert Commodification

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14th Mercosur Biennial
Flowing Affections: Laryssa Machada’s Sensitive Geographies
Artist presents photography project with potential as affirmative action for dissident memories.
In Conversation With
Jesús Hilário-Reyes: Dissolving Notions of Group and Individual
In their antidisciplinary practice. Artist Hilário-Reyes combines performance, installation, objects and expanded cinema.
Asia and Latin America
Andrea Chung: Dematerialization to Subvert Commodification
An essay about the artist’s use of ephemerality in order to subvert commodification while developing an art practice as social justice.
Installation View
Veronica Ryan: Unruly Objects
Show presents four decades of artistic production by Montserrat-born, British artist Veronica Ryan.
Asia and Latin America
The Forgotten Asian Histories of Latin America
Mimian Hsu and Caroline Ricca Lee are two artists whose works unveil global capitalism’s devaluation of Black, indigenous, and Asian life.
Installation View
Raíces y renacimiento: Mujeres Dominicanas en el Arte
Exhibition in New York presents 22 contemporary Dominican artists that reinterpret tradition.
Asia and Latin America
Duality as an Invitation to Multiplicity
Exhibition in Hong Kong brings together contemporary artists from Latin America, Europe, mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Afterlives of History
Cabo Verde’s Layered Temporalities Emerge in the Work of César Schofield Cardoso
Ana Nolasco explores César Schofield Cardoso’s work, examining Cabo Verde’s colonial past, memory, and the impact of global capitalism on identity.
Brazil
What’s Behind Decolonial Movements in Brazil?
Our editor-in-chief analyzes sociocultural changes in the Brazilian art field and highlights the central contribution of Black women thinkers.

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Afro-Indigenous
Afro-Indigenous
Afro-Indigenous Memory in the Work of Maria Lira Marques
An essay on the works of Brazilian artist Maria Lira Marques, ancestral memories, and the impact of globalization on traditional communities.
Studio Visit
Remaking Afro-Indigenous Archives with Julianny Ariza Vólquez
Our Managing Editor Marny Garcia Mommertz, visited the studio of mixed-media artist Julianny Ariza Vólquez in Santo Domingo.
In Conversation with
Johan Samboni: Rewriting Urban Histories
A talk with the Afro-Indigenous Colombian artist on the parallels between real Life and the digital realm.
Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold
A Postcolonial Paradox
As a system of oppression, colonialism never ceased, but re-branded – as an exhibition in San Francisco shows.
In conversation with Anita Ekman
An Archeology of Afro-Indigenous Issues
Anita Ekman reclaims rock art and pre-Colombian history to decolonize the way we look at the present.
In Conversation with
Francisco Pinto and Venezuelan Afro-Indigenous History
A chat with the Afro-Venezuelan artist about his artistic practice, which incorporates elements of pop culture to talk about the Cimarrón (Maroon).
events
Exhibitions
Sculptors: Material Conversations
Ascaso Gallery
Miami, United States
10 April 2025 - 16 June 2025
Exhibitions
Grafias Performadas
Centro de Animação Artística do Cazenga
Luanda, Angola
22 May 2025 -
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Jardim do MAM no Sesc
Sesc Vila Mariana
São Paulo, Brazil
14 May 2025 - 31 August 2025
Exhibitions
Sonia Gomes – Barroco mesmo
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Bahia
Salvador, Brazil
12 April 2025 - 13 July 2025
Exhibitions
Exposição UGT da Paulista
Avenida Paulista
São Paulo, Brazil
01 May 2025 - 31 May 2025
Talks / Workshops
Literatura Expandida: Oralitegrafías y Mingas desde América del Sur
Hangar - Centro de Investigación Artística
Lisboa, Portugal
09 May 2025 -
Exhibitions
60+1 el pequeño gran museo de Ancón
MAC Panamá
Ciudad de Panamá, Panama
12 March 2025 - 31 December 2025
Exhibitions
Beyond Representation
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Miami, United States
07 December 2023 - 31 December 2026
Exhibitions
La verdad no es un escándalo
Museo Universitario del Chopo
Ciudad de México, Mexico
18 May 2025
Exhibitions
Ancestral: Afro-Américas
CCBB
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
08 March 2025 - 12 May 2025
Exhibitions
Pascale Marthine Tayou: Brazilism
A Gentil Carioca
São Paulo, Brazil
01 April 2025 - 10 May 2025
Exhibitions
Bermuda: Stories in Memory
masterworks / Museum of Bermuda Art
Bermuda Botanical Gardens, Bermuda
14 March 2025 - 14 May 2025
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Grada Kilomba: Opera to a Black Venus
The first comprehensive institutional solo exhibition in Germany of Grada Kilomba nterrogates concepts of violence and repetition.
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Anaïs Cheleux : Relier l’identité caribéenne par la photographie et la performance
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Four collectives discuss perspectives on collective publishing and archiving.
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In Conversation with
Francisco Pinto and Venezuelan Afro-Indigenous History
A chat with the Afro-Venezuelan artist about his artistic practice, which incorporates elements of pop culture to talk about the Cimarrón (Maroon).
Acervo
Museu Afro Brasil recebe obras de Marcelo D´Salete
Seis pranchas originais de Marcelo d'Salete, ilustrador e colaborador da C&AL, passam a fazer parte do acervo do Museu Afro Brasil.
In Conversation with Deri Andrade
“The Afro Project emerges in a context of historical violence”
Founder of the Afro Project, the scholar talks about how the platform came about and the importance of research on Afro-Brazilian art.
A Look at Koffi Mensah
Bringing out the Memory of African Identities
Burkinabé artist brings back the history of personalities who were erased from the history of the African continent.
The ABCs of Dalton Paula
From Africa to Bahia and, of Course, Cuba
Artist Dalton Paula talks about his interest in drawing, Black history, performance, botany, and Afro-Brazilian religious practices.
In Conversation with
The curator Diane Lima
Her name brings to mind at least three projects: NoBrasil, AfroTranscendence and Diálogos Ausentes.
Reflections on Achille Mbembe
Breathing Prohibited
Angolan poet, curator and cultural producer, Marcos Jinguba, talks with Brazilian artist and dancer, Luana Vitra.
Brasil
MASP inaugura novo edifício
Edifício Pietro Maria Bardi vai abrigar cinco novos espaços expositivos.
Afro-Brazilian Manifestations
An Urgent Recognition
Beto Shwafaty visits an exhibition about artists of African descent and wonders why Afro-Brazilian culture is still marginalized.
opportunities
Call for applications
Museu do Amanhã
Residência Artística: Pós-natural e outras ecologias
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residencies
Cité internationale des arts à Paris
Andes Sena - Para artistas y curadores de Chile
Paris, Chile
Call for applications
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Open Call for Digital Art Commissions
Miami, United States
Workshops
Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio
Semana de la Educación Artística
, Chile
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HOA Gallery is redesigned as a non-profit initiative
The project supports young artists and includes exhibitions, residencies, and awards.
On four groundbreaking African festivals
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Cédric Vincent writes about the importance of remembering pan-African events.
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An Afro-Indigenous Reawakening: The Year in Review
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News
Prince Claus Impact Award Presented to Six Artists from Diverse Disciplines
The award honors artists driving social change and community work, including Sana Na N’Hada, Myrlande Constant, Rosa Chávez, and Va-Bene Elikem Fiatsi.
Caribbean
Caribbean Musicality in the Work of Valerie Brathwaite
An account from Port of Spain on how Caribbean culture and nature have influenced Brathwaite’s sculptures.
24th Bienal de Arte Paiz Guatemala
The World Tree [El árbol del mundo]
Under the curation of Eugenio Viola, “The World Tree” [El árbol del mundo] reaffirms the power of contemporary art to connect diverse histories and realms of experience.
14th Mercosul Biennial
A Biennial that relates sound to space and bodies
The chief curator and one of the adjunct curators reveal more details about the concept of the Biennial in Porto Alegre.
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Installation View
38º Panorama da Arte Brasileira: Mil graus
This edition of the MAM biennial presents 34 artists from 16 Brazilian states.
Haiti
Tessa Mars Links the Migratory Experience to Haitian Spirituality
In her solo show, the painter explores migration, spirituality, and identity, using ancestral knowledge from Voodoo traditions.
Mercosul Biennial
Mercosul Biennial announces artists and spaces for its next edition
The 14th edition of the Mercosul Biennial will feature 76 artists from different geographies and an extensive cultural and educational program.
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