Letter From...Cuba
Casting Off the Cloak of Silence
Zumvi Archive
Black Image Memory
Pacific Lumbung
Más Arte Más Acción at documenta 15

»It is here, at the crossroads between life and death, where the Black presence must be traced.«

Nicolás Vizcaíno
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Letter From...Cuba
Casting Off the Cloak of Silence
Cuban curator Roselin Rodríguez Espinosa reflects on the popular protest against the go-vernment of the island.
C& Center of Unfinished Business
Decentering the I: How to Redefine the Human
digenous knowledge has always held the solution to ecological catastrophe.
Zumvi Archive
Black Image Memory
Dedicated to photographic memories of Black populations, the Zumvi Archive has been documenting the history of Afro-Brazilians for three decades.
Pacific Lumbung
Más Arte Más Acción at documenta 15
The Colombian art organization reinvents itself as it prepares to participate in documenta 15 in 2022.
Contorting Meaning
Collage as Reaffirmation of Identities
Domitila de Paulo, Alberto Pereira, and Moara Tupinambá talk about why collage is central to their works.
Letter From... The Land of High Mountains
Emancipation Through Sound
Yina Jiménez Suriel reflects on emancipatory processes in the Caribbean.
Are We Not Makers of History?
Afro-Lusophone Artists Grapple with Memory in New Book
A publication featuring artists in Portuguese-speaking countries suggests distinct artistic approaches to dealing with recent history in the region.
Coletivo Coletores
“We Live in a City that Casts People Out”
Coletivo Coletores (Collectors Collective) proposes discussion on urgent issues such as combating racism and exclusion.
Minga Decolonial Practices, Colombia
Creation as a Collective Process
An interdisciplinary Colombian collective wants to express the sentiments of the indigenous communities in order to recover ethnic and cultural memories.
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Exhibitions
Alejandra Seeber Leda Catunda Fuera de serie
MALBA – Museo de Arte Latinoamericano Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
19 February - 11 October 2021
Exhibitions
Todo este tiempo
TEOR/ética
San José, Costa Rica
20 July - 16 October 2021
Exhibitions
El padre es de cristal, la madre de oro
Centro Cultural de España en Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
13 August - 26 September 2021
Exhibitions
On Protest and Mourning
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI)
New York, United States
14 September - 31 October 2021
Exhibitions
All Together, Amongst Many: Reflections on Empathy
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, United States
05 June - 19 September 2021
Exhibitions
DEPENDENCIA inDEPENDENCIA
Sol de Rio
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
02 September - 27 September 2021
Exhibitions
Baile Latinomaericano
MACD - Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo
San José, Costa Rica
22 July - 29 September 2021
Exhibitions
Kara Walker: A Black Hole Is Everything A Star Longs To Be
Kunstmuseum Basel
Basel, Switzerland
05 June - 20 September 2021
Biennales
Frestas – Trienal de Artes
Sesc Sorocaba
Sorocaba, Brazil
21 August - 30 January 2022
Exhibitions
Zahy Guajajara
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
27 August - 28 November 2021
Exhibitions
MUSEUL*RA: SOMA
Galeria Millan
São Paulo, Brazil
28 August - 25 September 2021
Conferences
Artes indígenas: apropriação e apagamento
Instituto Moreira Salles (online)
São Paulo, Brazil
30 August - 30 August 2021
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Deborah Joyce Holman – Unless: The Potential of Subtle Acts of Refusal
We spoke to Swiss artist Deborah Joyce Holman about tools to resist the instrumentalization of identity politics.
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C& INVENTING YOUR OWN GAME
Sam Gilliam: Between Structure and Improvisation
Ann Mbuti writes on Sam Gilliam's groundbreaking approach to painting and installation.
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C& Design in Westafrica
Worldforming by Ghanaian Women in Architecture
For three generations of women, architecture has served as an unparalleled incubation platform for worldforming possibilities.
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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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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
Artist and Writer Grada Kilomba
Transdisciplinary work, the presence of the past, and how to perform knowledge for the sake of forcing transformation.
Collective Nacional Trovoa
“We Don’t Accept Scraps From The White Art Circuit”
Group of artists and curators gathers for a rally of visual arts produced solely by black and non-white women.
Installation View
Beatriz González in Berlin - Retrospective 1965-2017
KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin examines the work of one of Colombia's most emblematic artists.
Digital Art
What Are NFTs and What Do They Mean for BIPOC Artists?
Tash Moore looks at what BIPOC artists are doing about NFT art.
Radical Women in Latin American Art
United By A Thread
Notable artists established ways of observing, constructing and depicting female identity in often hostile political contexts.
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.
Slavery Images
The Image As Testimony Of The Unspeakable
An archive of historical images allows us a look into the terrible world of slavery in the Americas.
In Conversation with
Researcher and artist Rosana Paulino
“I would like to touch on subjects that have been swept under the rug in Brazilian society”, says the Brazilian artist.
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The Latinx Project
P/T Program Assistant
New York, United States
Forgatten Lands
Currents of Africa in the Caribbean, Central and South America
Carribean, Haiti
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European Recycling Platform España
Certamen de Artes plásticas CirculArt
Madrid, Spain
Call for applications
Centro de Estudios en Cultura Contemporánea (CECRITICC)
Encuentro de Imagen MMXXI, Tierra y Territorio
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
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Africa-Brazil
Artists in Transit in the 1960s and 1970s
In building bridges with Africa, Brazil’s military dictatorship did not hide its intentions to reinforce the country’s supposed racial democracy.
Letter from... Rio de Janeiro
“For Eyes That Can See: A Question of Time”
There are so many questions—it's only when we stop worrying about the answers that we can move forward, Keyna Eleison reflects.
34ª Bienal
Bienal de São Paulo anuncia lista completa de artistas
Um total de 35 novos nomes complementa a lista de artistas já anunciados para a mostra "Faz escuro mas eu canto".
The 22nd Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala
"History Cannot Be That of the Winners Only”
Curator Alexia Tala on one of the oldest biennials in Latin America, which will be held in the middle of this year.
Dekoloniale & C&
Jury for Dekoloniale Berlin Residency 2021 Announced
Kader Attia, Lerato Shadi, Raul Walch, Yvette Mutumba & Julia Grosse, Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard & Anna Yeboah are the jury of this year’s Dekoloniale residency.
In Conversation with Catherine E. McKinley
"I Have Gathered These Images, Not Just for Me, but for You"
Ethel-Ruth Tawe talks to Catherine E. McKinley about photo archives, the female gaze, and male studio traditions.
In Conversation with Benjamin Abras
“The Body Is the Beginning and the End of Everything That Happens In a Culture”
Benjamin Abras talks about the legacy of European colonization, everyday violence, and structural racism in Brazil.
Curadoria
Hanayrá Negreiros é a nova curadora de moda do MASP
Negreiros está a frente do projeto MASP Renner, que convida artista e estilistas brasileiros para criarem peças em conjunto que depois passam a integrar o acervo do museu.
Installation View
Forgetting is Forbidden, Colombia
Images of the celebration of Black History Month at the Centro Cultural Colombo Americano in Cali, Colombia.
In Conversation with Jaider Esbell
“We Also Have Something to Show—in Our Ways, with Our Rules”
Jaider Esbell, an artist and writer of Makuxi origins, talks about his artistic production and the importance of artivism.
In Conversation with Tony Cruz Pabón
“Salsa Is the Manifestation of Our Own Modernity”
The Puerto Rican artist talks about his work with salsa album covers, how they reference Caribbean culture and how they bring together diverse musical, aesthetic and social manifestations.
White Label
How Warhol Erased the Identity of His Black Trans Sitters
Art historian Gürsoy Doğtaş analyses the power imbalances between Warhol and his BIPoC queer and trans sitters of lower Manhattan.
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