In Conversation with Sandra Benites
“Cities Are Indigenous Burial Grounds”
In Conversation with Maxwell Alexandre
“There is a Future Changing the Imagination of Subalterity”
In Conversation with Carmenza Banguera
Black Head

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

Keyna Eleison, curator, singer, specialist in art education
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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.
In Conversation with Maxwell Alexandre
“There is a Future Changing the Imagination of Subalterity”
The Brazilian artist Maxwell Alexandre summed up the stages of his trajectory in a conversation with C& América Latina.
Nuevo Programa de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Primer Programa de Afrodescendencia y Racialidad
La nueva propuesta académica estrenara en agosto de 2021 en el Recinto de Río Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
In Conversation with Carmenza Banguera
Black Head
Colombian artist Carmenza Banguera examines the paradoxes of self-representation of a black woman living in a racist country.
In Conversation with Immy Mali
Debating Memories with Several Selves
Ugandan multimedia artist Immy Mali explores personal and postcolonial realities
In Conversation with Juana Valdés
Finding One's Own Place On the Edge of the Edge
One of the most inspiring Latinx artists of recent years talks about Cuban identity, imperial discourses – and the importance of recognition.
In Conversation with Naine Terena
“Art Functions as an Instrument of Struggle for Indigenous Populations”
Naine Terena analyzes the contemporary production of indigenous artists in Brazil and talks about the exhibition “Véxoa: We Know.”
Installation View #museumshutdown
Not Fully Human, Not Human at All
This group exhibition at Kunstverein Hamburg looks into the processes of dehumanization that have been taking place in Europe.
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.
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events
Exhibitions
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Museo del Barro
Asunción, Paraguay
01 March - 31 March 2021
Exhibitions
COLECTIVA_20 Encuentros y desafíos
Beatriz Gil Galeria
Carracas, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
01 March - 31 March 2021
Exhibitions
Colección de Arte Contemporáneo del Museo Amparo (Online)
Museo Amparo
Mexico DF, Mexico
01 March - 31 March 2021
Festivals
Festival de cine Hecho por Mujeres (Online)
Centro Cultural de España en Lima
Lima, Peru
01 March - 10 March 2021
Exhibitions
Ñuble. Retratos de la Región
Centro Cultural La Moneda
Santiago, Chile
08 October - 31 March 2021
Exhibitions
…and I resumed the struggle
The Olympia Gallery
Kingston, Jamaica
01 March - 31 March 2021
Exhibitions
Race, Myth, Art and Justice (Online)
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
New York, United States
01 March - 31 March 2021
Exhibitions
Descendance - Ariel René Jackson
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Seattle, United States
01 March - 31 March 2021
Exhibitions
Uma História Natural das Ruínas
Pivô
São Paulo, Brazil
20 February - 17 April 2021
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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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Installation View #museumshutdown
Not Fully Human, Not Human at All
This group exhibition at Kunstverein Hamburg looks into the processes of dehumanization that have been taking place in Europe.
Exhibition at Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Rosana Paulino: The Suturing of History
“Rosana Paulino: The Sewing of Memory” exhibition brings together 140 works by the Brazilian artist from 1993 to 2018.
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.
José Antonio Gómez Rosas, a Mexican Master
A Gifted Ghost Known as “El Hotentote”
An air of mystery surrounds the life of this artist, contemporary of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. It's time to rediscover his work.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In Conversation with Maxwell Alexandre
“There is a Future Changing the Imagination of Subalterity”
The Brazilian artist Maxwell Alexandre summed up the stages of his trajectory in a conversation with C& América Latina.
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opportunities
Call for applications
Goethe-Institut Mexiko
Flash ACT "Arte, Ciencia y Tecnología" 2021
Mexico DF, Mexico
Awards
Bogliasco Foundation
Bogliasco Fellowships
Bogliasco, Italy
Residencies
Arquetopia Foundation
International Artist Residence Mexico, Peru & Italy
Mexico DF, Mexico
Workshops
Centro Cultural de España en Lima
Laboratorio de videoarte político (Online)
Online, Peru
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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.
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.
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