In Conversation with
Ana Pi: Knowledge does not disapear
Brazil
Celebration and Resistance in Ventura Profana’s Films
Installation View
It Comes from the Head: A Straw Heritage
Call for applications
C& Critical Writing Workshop in collaboration with Newcomb Art Museum in New Orleans

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editorial
In Conversation with
Ana Pi: Knowledge does not disapear
Brazilian artist Ana Pi transforms individual and collective grief into acts of resistance and joy.
Brazil
Celebration and Resistance in Ventura Profana’s Films
An essay by abigail Campos Leal on Ventura Profana’s films as celebrations that challenge hegemonic spaces.
Brasil
MUNCAB inaugura novo espaço dedicado à arte afro-brasileira
"Odoyá" apresenta obras de artistas contemporâneos e mestres artesãos, com curadoria inspirada em movimentos como Afrofuturismo e Negritude.
Installation View
It Comes from the Head: A Straw Heritage
Exhibition in Nassau celebrates contemporary interpretations of strawcraft by Bahamian artists.
Call for applications
C& Critical Writing Workshop in collaboration with Newcomb Art Museum in New Orleans
This open call invites New Orleans-based Black writers to participate in a three-day C& Critical Writing Workshop led by tutors Nohora Arrieta Fernández, and Sherae Rimpsey.
La Trienal 2024
Imagining perversely with Madeline Jiménez Santil’s Art
An essay on the hybrid work of the Dominican artist challenging the constructs imposed by the white, colonial, and heteronormative gaze.
Brazil
HOA Gallery is redesigned as a non-profit initiative
The project supports young artists and includes exhibitions, residencies, and awards.
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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
From Brazil With Love
Wunika Mukan Gallery
Lagos, Nigeria
08 February 2025 - 23 February 2025
Biennales
Mawali–Taqsim: Improvisation as a Space and Technology of Humanity
Various venues
Zanzibar, Tanzania, United Republic of
11 February 2025 - 13 February 2025
Exhibitions
An unmistakable softness
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
23 January 2025 - 08 March 2025
Exhibitions
Ocupação Leda Maria Martins
Itaú Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
07 December 2024 - 30 March 2025
Exhibitions
Mestre Didi: Spiritual Form
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
13 March 2025 - 13 July 2025
Exhibitions
Candida Alvarez: Circle, Point, Hoop
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
24 April 2025 - 03 August 2025
Exhibitions
Artistas do vestir: uma costura dos afetos
Itaú Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
27 November 2024 - 23 February 2025
Exhibitions
Espelhos d'água viva
Solar dos Abacaxis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 November 2024 - 08 March 2025
Conferences
Salón ACME No. 12
Salón ACME No. 12
Ciudad de México, Mexico
06 February 2025 - 09 February 2025
Exhibitions
the sky with root-eyed
Galerie Imane Farès
Paris, France
25 January 2025 - 15 March 2025
Exhibitions
Mirage
Hangar
Lisboa, Portugal
25 January 2025 - 19 April 2025
Screenings
Sala de Vídeo: Manauara Clandestina
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
13 December 2024 - 26 January 2025
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C& News
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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C& Visite du studio
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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C& News
C& Launches Patreon Membership
An invitation to our extended community to join and support us!
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C& Opinion
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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C& On Racism
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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C& #weavingnetworks
Thoughts on Collective Archives
Four collectives discuss perspectives on collective publishing and archiving.
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Images and Justice
How Do Black Lives Matter in MoMA’s Collection?
In this essay, Thomas J. Lax examines the links between racial violence and its visual documentation and relevance.
Installation View
Two Modernities Speaking Through Lines
In “Convergences/ Divergences”, the art of the indigenous Ye'kwana dialogues with modern art in the language of geometry.
In Conversation with Beatriz Dias
Memorial in Lisbon: Recovering History That Was Made Invisible
A project by artist Kiluanji Kia Henda was selected for the construction of the Memorial in Homage to Enslaved Persons in Lisbon.
In Conversation with Renata Felinto
The art of Black Atlantic I
The Brazilian artist talks about Afro-Brazilian artistic productions.
Public funding
Black Art in Brazil: An Uncertain Future
After taking steps to generate public policies for the Brazilian black art scene, the challenge is being able to maintain them.
Exchanges Between Artists
Creating Ballast In Latin America
Platform fosters connections between artists, curators, and art and culture professionals from several Latin American countries.
In Conversation with
Awilda Sterling-Duprey: (Un)Drawing the Continent Blindfolded
A chat with the Puerto Rican artist about her participation in the Whitney Biennial in New York, where she performs a series of dance-drawings.
Puerto Rico
A Collective Turning Point
We spoke to members of the artistic community in Puerto Rico about the ongoing protests and about the future they envision for the island.
Installation View #museumshutdown
What Is ‘Contemporary’ Caribbean Culture
This first online exhibition of the digital art space Mahogany Culture is a conversation with creatives in Barbados, the Caribbean and the Diaspora.
opportunities
Call for applications
Casa de las Americas
Epistemic Insurrections of Contemporary Afrodiasporic Thought
La Habana, Cuba
Residencies
Pivô, Salta Art
Pivô Research Program
São Paulo, Brazil
Call for applications
The Field
NXTHVN Artist Fellowship
New York City, Worldwide
Residencies
Ebenböckhaus and Salta art
Artist-in-Residence
Munich, Worldwide
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Encruzilhadas
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.
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.
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.
News
Announcement of Second Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) Congress
A creative convening and exhibition series taking place across South Florida.
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C& Artists’ Edition #5 Zohra Opoku
Unveiling the new C& Artists’ Edition with Zohra Opoku.
In Conversation with
Amanda Carneiro: Curation That Operates Outside Dominant Systems
A conversation with artistic organizer of the 60th Venice Biennale about her curatorial research in Africa.
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