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Afro-Indigenous
Keila Sankofa: Fictionalizing Gaps of the Past
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Crossroads of Afro-Brazilian Art

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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.
Brazil
Conceptual Team for the 36th Bienal de São Paulo Announced
The team assembled by chief curator Ndikung is made up of Keyna Eleison, Thiago de Paula Souza, Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz and Henriette Gallus.
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Raily Yance and the Power of Everyday Objects
The Venezuelan artist explains how to understand cultural changes in Maracaibo through everyday objects.
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Funk: A Cry of Boldness and Freedom
Rio Art Museum (MAR) presents story of Brazilian funk music through rhythm’s constant reinvention.
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Nádia Taquary: Uncovering Afro-Brazilian Stories
A conversation with the artist about the political value of commodified objects from Afro-Brazilian culture and the power of art.
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60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions
Our highlights of the national exhibitions at one of the most prestigious Biennales in the world.
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Nationale Opera & Ballet
Amsterdam, Netherlands
29 June 2024 - 30 June 2024
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HOA & FDAG
São Paulo, Brazil
22 June 2024 - 03 August 2024
Performances
The Divine Cypher
Holland Festival
Amsterdam, Netherlands
18 June 2024 - 19 June 2024
Biennales
15º Bienal de FEMSA: La Voz de la Montaña
Bienal de Femsa
Guanajuato y Léon, Mexico
23 May 2024 - 25 August 2024
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Territorios domésticos: reparar y educar en Centroamérica (1990-2010)
TEOR/éTica
San Juan, Puerto Rico
18 May 2024 - 14 September 2024
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A linguagem dos anjos
Mendes Wood DM
Brussels, Belgium
30 May 2024 - 05 August 2024
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Cinema Na Praça
Instituto Inclusartiz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Flight Organizing Towards Flight
Motormond
Amsterdam, Netherlands
27 June 2024 - 30 September 2024
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In the wake of a haunting
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
23 May 2024 - 06 July 2024
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Pies bajo fuego
MAC Panamá
Ciudad de Panamá, Panama
01 February 2024 - 11 August 2024
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Adaptabilidade
MAC Paraná, Museu Oscar Niemeyer
Curitiba, Brazil
01 May 2024 - 31 May 2024
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Gervane de Paula: Como é bom viver em Mato Grosso
Pinacoteca
São Paulo, Brazil
23 March 2024 - 01 September 2024
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C& spoke to the artist about her practice, cities as natural phenomena, and the fantasy narrative she writes with domestic artifacts.
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The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art
A thematic group exhibition centered on the question, “what might a Caribbean future look like?”, in the Pérez Art Museum, Miami.
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To celebrate the new C& book, we are thrilled to invite you to an online event featuring artists and practicioners The Jehovas, Cholita Chic, Ethel-Ruth Tawe and Russel Hlongwane.
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The artist, born in Honolulu and based in Mexico, raises questions around race, class, sexuality and gender.
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“All that it holds. Tout ce qu’elle renferme. Tudo o que ela abarca. Todo lo que ella alberga.”
An artifact of art critique, All that it holds. Tout ce qu’elle renferme. Tudo o que ela abarca. Todo lo que ella alberga, reaches beyond canons, beyond singular narratives, refusing to rest on universal ideas.
60th Venice Biennale
A Journey into the Mind and Work of Julien Creuzet
In this conversation, C& AL editors Marny Garcia Mommertz and Cristian Baena reflect on a recent press trip to Martinique alongside the artist and curators of the French Pavilion.
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(RE)COUTURE
Guy Gabon’s exhibition explores the notion of (re)sewing the world's disjointedness and the urgency of (re)weaving the bonds of a new humanity.
In Conversation with Édgar Calel
“To Me, Art Is a Place of Transit”
Visual artist Édgar Calel dedicates his work to his ancestral culture and reflects on movement and transformation.
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Negras imagens − Formação a partir do acervo IMS
Instituto Moreira Salles disponibiliza e-book com ensaios sobre representações de pessoas negras em imagens do seu acervo.
Decolonizing the Humboldt Forum
“The Indians Are Coming”? The “Indians” Have Come To Reclaim!
The platform "Devuelve, pe!” adds a Latin American perspective to the criticisms against the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.
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São Paulo, Brazil
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Florianópolis, Brazil
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Looren Forum
Wernetshausen, Switzerland
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Indigenous Histories: Stories told, and many more still untold
MASP exhibition highlights visual and cultural productions by indigenous peoples from various places around the world.
60th Venice Biennale
Hãhãwpuá Pavilion: the Community Is More Important Than the Work Itself
A conversation with Arissana Pataxó, Denilson Baniwa, and Gustavo Caboco Wapichana, curators of the Brazilian Pavilion in Venice.
C&‘s Second Book is Out Now!
“All that it holds. Tout ce qu’elle renferme. Tudo o que ela abarca. Todo lo que ella alberga.”
An artifact of art critique, All that it holds. Tout ce qu’elle renferme. Tudo o que ela abarca. Todo lo que ella alberga, reaches beyond canons, beyond singular narratives, refusing to rest on universal ideas.
Amazon
Jota Mombaça investigates imbalanced water cycles in Germany and the Amazon
In solo show, Brazilian artist fills gallery with ceramics and mud as commentary on imbalanced water cycles.
C& Critical Writing Workshop
Open call: JAS x C& Critical Writing Workshop
Jamaica Art Society (JAS) and Contemporary And (C&) to facilitate a three-day Critical Writing Workshop for emerging art critics based in Kingston, Jamaica.
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(RE)COUTURE
Guy Gabon’s exhibition explores the notion of (re)sewing the world's disjointedness and the urgency of (re)weaving the bonds of a new humanity.
Indigenous Culture
The Return of the Tupinambá Cloak: Restitution and Internal Colonialism
The historic return of Tupinambá cloak to Brazil highlights constant struggle against colonialism and for restitution.
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Mariana Ramos Ortiz: Sand as a Symbol of Structural Fragility
A conversation about the political meaning of sand in the Caribbean and the game as a metaphor for a precarious life.
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Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island
Retrospective of Cuban-American artist’s work traces her influence on contemporary art.
Peru
Andean Eroticism and the Ancestral Tables of Sarhua
A conversation with the Peruvian artist who explores themes such as Andean eroticism and the visibility of women.
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Negras imagens − Formação a partir do acervo IMS
Instituto Moreira Salles disponibiliza e-book com ensaios sobre representações de pessoas negras em imagens do seu acervo.
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Exhibition Corrects Black Gap in Brazilian Art History
This comprehensive and ambitious exhibition at SESC seeks to highlight historical contributions by Black artists to Brazilian Art.
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