In Conversation with Froiid
“I’m Not Concerned With Defending a Conclusion”
Inventory of the Arts 2020
Awareness of the Presence of New Identities
In Conversation with Eliana Muchachasoy Chindoy
“How Can Artists Help the Communities?”

»I come from an ultra-humanity, beyond the warriors, the saints, the multitudes that I am.«

Keyna Eleison, curator, singer, specialist in art education
editorial
In Conversation with Froiid
“I’m Not Concerned With Defending a Conclusion”
Brazilian artist, Froiid gets carried away by the wiles of the game, which he takes as a starting point to create his oeuvre.
Inventory of the Arts 2020
Awareness of the Presence of New Identities
The year 2020 has ushered in new space for black Brazilian art – whether in galleries, retrospectives or academic debates.
Exhibition
Take Me to the River
A multimedia exhibition by the Goethe-Institut and the Prince Claus Fund Art and culture responds to the climate crisis.
In Conversation with Antwaun Sargent
Tearing Down Borders Between Magazines and Museums
We spoke to the New York curator Antwaun Sargent about his international selection for the exhibition Just Pictures at projects+gallery in St. Louis, Missouri.
In Conversation with Eliana Muchachasoy Chindoy
“How Can Artists Help the Communities?”
The Colombian artist talks about neo-Amazonian art, the need for creating artistic spaces in indigenous territories and the problems with cultural appropriation in the arts.
15th European Cultural Brand Awards
Julia Grosse and Yvette Mutumba awarded “European Cultural Manager of the Year” 2020
The founders and directors of C& receive the "European Cultural Manager of the Year" award for their creative will, international network-building, and trendsetting inventiveness.
In Conversation with Jim C. Nedd
A Musical Portal to Africa in the Caribbean
A talk about the Colombian Caribbean musical culture of the “Picó” and multiple identities in the Caribbean in relation to Africa.
Clotilde Jiménez
Queering Boxing, Undoing the “Macho”
The artist, born in Honolulu and based in Mexico, raises questions around race, class, sexuality and gender.
The São Paulo Biennials
“More Desire to Measure up to the North Than to Redefine It”
Luciara Ribeiro talks about the importance of analyzing archives and their gaps to think about revisions that question colonization.
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events
Exhibitions
Carlos Estévez: Cities of the Mind
Lowe Art Museum
Coral Gables, United States
24 October - 26 February 2021
Exhibitions
Desde el encierro
Galería Sol del Río
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
24 June - 26 February 2021
Exhibitions
Sociedad conyugal
Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro (Museo de Artes Visuales MAVI)
Santiago, Chile
17 December - 28 February 2021
Exhibitions
Rojo – Colección MSSA
Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende
Santiago, Chile
28 March - 01 February 2021
Exhibitions
Palindromes
Dot Fiftyone Gallery
Miami, United States
03 December - 14 February 2021
Art Fairs
Este Arte
Punta del Este Convention & Exhibition Center
Punta del Este, Uruguay
04 January - 31 January 2021
Exhibitions
Teresa Margolles: La piedra
Es Baluard
Palma, Spain
01 November - 31 December 2020
Exhibitions
Libro Rojo. Sueños de mujeres
Online
Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC), Colombia
10 November - 30 April 2021
Exhibitions
Culture and the People: El Museo del Barrio, 1969-2019
Online
El Museo del Barrio, United States
01 November - 31 December 2020
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C& International
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C& Digital Strokes
Depictions of Queer Black Love for the Digital Age
Sola Olulode is part of a new generation of young painters using internet languages to create multilayered aesthetics and narratives.
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C& Giving Back to the Continent
Bandjoun Art Station: The Importance of a Peripheral Institution in Cameroon
Many artists of the African Diaspora have chosen to invest back on the continent by founding art projects, residencies and institutions.
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C& Black Curators Forum Toronto
A Black Curator is Never Just a Curator
The first Black Curators Forum took place in Toronto, Canada, to discuss how black curators work with an ethos of extra care.
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C& SHOW ME YOUR SHELVES!
Bree Gant: Studying Old Conversations with Ancestors
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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C& In Conversation with Iheanyi Onwuegbucha
The Movement of People and Art on the Continent
Iheanyi Onwuegbucha talks to C&’s Obidike Okafor about the importance of mobility in daily life and art.
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C& In Conversation with Rahima Gambo
The Purpose of a Broader Narrative
With C& author Wana Udobang, Rahima Gambo speaks about education, her relationship with nature, and Boko Haram.
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A Latin American Universe
What Is Latinx?
We take a look into the implications and opportunities of the new expression, that has also been discovered by the art world.
In Conversation with Antwaun Sargent
Tearing Down Borders Between Magazines and Museums
We spoke to the New York curator Antwaun Sargent about his international selection for the exhibition Just Pictures at projects+gallery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Visions of Cultural Journalism
In a Hypermediatized World
Enos Nyamor explores the visions of cultural journalism in a hypermediatized world.
Blacks, Chinese And Natives in Peruvian Graffiti
Speaking Walls
In Peru, young artists are exploring their roots – while trying to change the way the Latin American country regards itself.
Inventory of the Arts 2020
Awareness of the Presence of New Identities
The year 2020 has ushered in new space for black Brazilian art – whether in galleries, retrospectives or academic debates.
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.
Andean Textiles and Modern Art
The Cliché of Indigenous Art as “Exotic”
A conversation with Elvira Espejo, Bolivian artist and researcher, about textile art, the Bauhaus and the biased perspective of museums.
Mail From Puerto Rico
After The Storm, Art Thrives on a Damaged but Spirited Island
Artist Lisa C Soto goes to the country of her ancestors, Puerto Rico, to explore and witness the island's contemporary art scene.
In Conversation with Castiel Vitorino
“Trauma is Brazilian”
In an interview with curator Diane Lima, artist Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro talks about her first solo exhibition.
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opportunities
Call for applications
Semana + Instituto Moreira Salles
Formação curatorial
online, Brazil
Workshops
Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
Decolonizing the Human: an Introduction to Sylvia Wynter
New York, United States
Call for applications
Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
Call for Art: Race and Technology “Digital Rights Are Civil Rights”
Minneapolis, United States
Awards
Centro Cultural de España en Buenos Aires-CCEBA
Premio de Arte Contemporáneo MediaLab CCEBA 2021
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Corredor Afro, Puerto Rico
Taking Control of Your Own Story
A new art space in Loíza, Puerto Rico, establishes creative links between the African Diaspora and Africa. A conversation with Marta Moreno Vega, one of its founders.
Africa is the Future
Nicolas Premier is Reconsidering Visual Narratives
Africa is the Future radically challenges the ways in which the continent’s past, present, and future are depicted and how its entanglement with the world is portrayed.
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
1-54 Forum – All Videos and Podcasts Online!
Curated by Yvette Mutumba and Julia Grosse, 1-54 Forum was engaging with creative Afro-Latin American, Caribbean and African perspectives. All talks are now online.
In Conversation with Juan Orrantia
In Search of Decolonized Images of South Africa
Two Colombian photographers in South Africa examine the notions of representation, independence processes and image subversion.
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.
In Conversation with Gê Viana
Confronting the Traumas of Colonization
The Brazilian artist speaks about her indigenous and black roots as trademarks of her work permeated with different languages.
Out Now!
The Third Print Issue of C&AL
Fresh from the press! The new Contemporary And América Latina (C&AL) Print issue is out now!
In Conversation with Naomi Rincón Gallardo
“Telling Stories Animated by Desire”
We spoke to the Mexican artist about her critique of Eurocentrism and extractivism from a feminist and decolonial viewpoint.
Frestas 2020
Pluralism in Curatorial Framing
Diane Lima, Beatriz Lemos, and Thiago de Paula Souza talk about the Frestas exhibition program, held in Sorocaba, Brazil.
Installation View
Berlin Biennale: daadgalerie and ExRotaprint
Images of this year's Berlin Biennale in the daadgalerie and ExRotaprint.
In Conversation with Aline Baiana
Art as Counterspell
Aline Baiana creates installation for Berlin Biennale that references devastation caused by mining in Brazil.
Installation View
11th Berlin Biennale: Gropius Bau
Images of this year's Berlin Biennale in the Martin-Gropius-Bau.
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