Encruzilhada
The Art of Translating and Vice Versa
Cuba
Navigating Scarcity, Race and Religion in Cuban Photography
36th Bienal de São Paulo
Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice

»The community is more important than the work itself.«

Arissana Pataxó, Denilson Baniwa, Gustavo Caboco Wapichana
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Encruzilhada
The Art of Translating and Vice Versa
An essay on art and translation via the encruzilhada, a central concept to Afro diasporic thought in Brazil.
Cuba
Navigating Scarcity, Race and Religion in Cuban Photography
A group exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston features Cuban artists who defied the regime while creatively overcoming scarcity.
Bienal das Amazônias
Bienal das Amazônias anuncia curadora de sua segunda edição
A equatoriana Manuela Moscoso, atual Diretora Executiva do Centro de Pesquisa e Alianças em Arte, em Nova York, foi selecionada para fazer a curadoria da próxima Bienal das Amazônias.
36th Bienal de São Paulo
Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, announces its title and curatorial concept.
Studio Visit
Anaïs Cheleux: Connecting Caribbean Identity Through Photography and Performance
We visit Anaïs Cheleux in her Guadeloupe studio to chat about sugar-cane syrup and her work at this year's Off Biennale in Dakar.
Installation View
Orgullo Nacional
The Orgullo Nacional [National Pride] exhibition showcases recent works by José Morbán and challenges the Dominican national ego and the ways in which history and identity are “constructed” or “erected” from positions of power.
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.
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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).
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Ocupação Preta CCBB - Honrando o Passado e Fazendo o Futuro
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São Paulo, Brazil
01 November 2024 - 30 November 2024
Exhibitions
Nhe’ẽ Porã: Memória e Transformação
Centro Cultural Vale Maranhão
São Luís, Brazil
10 August 2024 - 22 November 2024
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Retratistas do Morro
SESC São José dos Campos
São José dos Campos, Brazil
12 September 2024 - 20 June 2025
Festivals
Festival ZUM
IMS Paulista
São Paulo, Brazil
02 November 2024 - 03 November 2024
Exhibitions
Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino: Peso
Kunstverein Kevin Space
Vienna, Austria
06 September 2024 - 02 November 2024
Performances
The Divine Cypher
Le Safran
Amiens, France
18 November 2024 - 18 November 2024
Performances
Choreographing Transmission
Amant
New York City, United States
17 October 2024 - 17 October 2024
Exhibitions
Nan Dòmi. Las canciones que cantamos
Casa del Lago, UNAM
Ciudad de México, Mexico
27 April 2024 - 17 November 2024
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Flow States – La Trienal 2024
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
10 October 2024 - 09 February 2025
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Encounters | Encontros
Grote Kerk
Breda, Netherlands
13 September 2024 - 03 November 2024
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Silhouettes in the Undergrowth
Museo Jumex
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
17 October 2024 - 25 January 2025
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Sunlight on the Sea Floor
MAC
San Juan, Puerto Rico
04 October 2024 - 09 March 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
Marny Garcia Mommertz rend visite à Anaïs Cheleux dans son studio en Guadeloupe pour discuter du sirop de canne à sucre et de la Dak’art.
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Five Things You Need to Know About the John Randle Center Before It Opens
C& author Obidike Okafor shares what to expect from the new architectural marvel in Nigeria’s art capital.
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Every Straw Is a Straw Too Much
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung on the psychological burden of being racialized while doing art.
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Thoughts on Collective Archives
Four collectives discuss perspectives on collective publishing and archiving.
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From Experimentation to Video Art in FM Gustave Giresse’s Work
Since FM Gustave Giresse has discovered the medium of video, there have been no limitations in his explorations with the camera.
Installation View
THE SOUL STATION
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley's first Berlin solo exhibition, features an immersive video-game installation that asks deep questions, centering Black trans people.
Looking back
The Brazilian theatre maker Abdias do Nascimento
The scholar and radical theater maker was remembered at three important festivals for Black African culture.
Panamefricanism
Abdias Nascimento: An Enduring Legacy
This year, two institutions in Brazil are celebrating more than seven decades of the Afro-Brazilian artist’s international artistic contributions.
In Conversation with Sandra Benites
“Cities Are Indigenous Burial Grounds”
In an interview, Sandra Benites, adjunct curator at MASP, talks about indigenous art and the challenges of curatorship in Brazil today.
Axé Bahia
The Power of Art in an Afro-Brazilian Metropolis
The book combines history with cultural and art historical approaches, featuring vivid and enticing descriptions of life in Bahia.
Crisis in the Arts
Museu Afro Brasil Faces Funding Shortage
Threat of closure reveals financial fragility of renowned space for Afro-Brazilian culture.
Between Afro-Cuban and Diasporic Frames
Displacements in Exhibitions’ Discourses
Afro-Cuban arts narrative from Wifredo Lam to José Bedia and the use of African diasporic concepts within the global art world.
Installation View
11th Berlin Biennale: KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Images of this year's Berlin Biennale in the KW in Berlin-Mitte.
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Temporada de Projetos 2025
São Paulo, Brazil
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Convocatoria proyectos 2026
Santiago de Chile, Chile
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oídoMedio / Rincón de Escucha
Santiago de Chile, Chile
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GALERÍA 1/8 TALLER
Convocatoria exposición y venta de obra
Valparaíso, Chile
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Popular Culture
Carnival, Body, and Territory
In this exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, the body moves through territory during the carnival season.
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.
The Caribbean
Introduction to the employee manual
A talk on resistance strategies for cultural workers in the Caribbean and Central America.
Encruzilhadas
Ismael David and the Foundations of Exu
An essay on the Brazilian artist's investigations into the effects of time and ancestry in the African diaspora.
Installation View
La Chola Poblete: Guaymallén
PalaisPopulaire in Berlin presented a comprehensive exhibition of Argentinian artist La Chola Poblete.
The Amazon
Bienal das Amazônias: Portrait of a Complex Region
Titled "Bubuia: Waters as a Source of Imaginations and Desires", the first Bienal das Amazônias places Amazonian art at center stage.
In Memoriam
Caryl* Ivrisse Crochemar
The Martinican curator passed away in his home island on June 26, 2024.
In Conversation with
Fidel Ernesto: Transitioning between the Digital and the Physical
A conversation with the Dominican artist about how images acquire new meanings outside of their original contexts.
In Conversation with
Paul-Aimé William: Afro-Feminism and Curation in Guiana-Abya-Yala
Guianese curator speaks about Black radical imagination and curation models that challenge Eurocentric traditions.
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Afro-Indigenous
Keila Sankofa: Fictionalizing Gaps of the Past
A profile on the Brazilian artist and how she materializes the possible and visits the past without repeating violence.
Installation View
Crossroads of Afro-Brazilian Art
Exhibition brings together around 150 works by over 60 artists from various periods and regions of Brazil.
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