In Conversation with Walter Firmo
“What Matters Is The Poetry”
Decolonizing the Humboldt Forum
“The Indians Are Coming”? The “Indians” Have Come To Reclaim!
Lumières d’Afriques
Light in Times of Growing Uncertainty

»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 Walter Firmo
“What Matters Is The Poetry”
Photographer Walter Firmo looks back on his career in photography and talks about how he is dealing with being away from the streets.
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.
Lumières d’Afriques
Light in Times of Growing Uncertainty
The touring exhibition Lumières d’Afriques stops off in Johannesburg amid a global pandemic and widespread uncertainty.
No Justice No Peace
WE ARE.
We have invited creatives and thinkers from the US, other parts of the Global Diaspora, and Africa to share their thoughts about this historical moments.
Project Chama
Poetics of the Black Diaspora
Online platform brings together three Brazilian and one Sudanese artists to map poetics of the Diaspora in the Americas.
In Conversation with Fabrice Monteiro
“Get Rid Of The United Nations And Make Place For The United Cultures”
The Belgian-Beninese photographer about images of Africa, Afrofuturism, his experiences in Colombia and his deep aversion towards borders.
Indigenous Museums
“They Had To Deny Their Indigenous Origins To Stay Alive.”
Indigenous peoples recover art and archeological objects to promote the preservation of culture and memory.
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events
Exhibitions
Tania Candiani: Cromática – from home! (Online exhibition)
516 Arts
Albuquerque, United States
08 February - 15 August 2020
Exhibitions
Andrés Michelena: ...the two
Piero Atchugarry Gallery
Florida, United States
15 February - 05 September 2020
Exhibitions
Vecinos / Neighbors – Lucía Hierro
Primary
Miami, United States
13 March - 31 July 2020
Conferences
Live Talk #03. Discursos curatoriales
BAPhoto
12:00 hs Buenos Aires, Argentina
04 July - 04 July 2020
Exhibitions
I killed the butterfly in my ear - Minia Biabiany
Magazin des Horizons.
Grenoble, France
30 January - 26 July 2020
Exhibitions
Wenu Pelon en casa (Exhibition online)
MAVI
Santiago, Chile
23 June - 31 July 2020
Exhibitions
Jotería. Documenting Queer Latinx in LA (Online exhibition)
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC)
Los Angeles, United States
01 June - 31 December 2020
Exhibitions
Atzlán to Magulandia: The Journey of Chicano Artist Gilbert “Magu” Luján (Online exhibition)
University Art Galleries, University of California
Irvine, United States
01 June - 31 December 2020
Exhibitions
Beauty and Struggle Latino Photographers Document Urban America (Online exhibition)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, United States
01 June - 31 December 2020
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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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Cartografia
Territórios negros em Porto Alegre
Pesquisadora Daniele Machado Vieira recebe prêmios nacionais com dissertação sobre o deslocamento dos territórios negros em Porto Alegre
Ancient Space, Modern Architecture, and Contemporary Art
Indigenous Architecture in the Americas
American indigenous knowledge influenced Europeans in many ways, sometimes unexpected – among them the art of building.
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.
Installation View #museumshutdown
Beyond the Black Atlantic
Beyond the Black Atlantic shows works by Sandra Mujinga, Paulo Nazareth, Tschabalala Self and Kemang Wa Lehulere at Kunstverein Hannover
No Justice No Peace
WE ARE.
We have invited creatives and thinkers from the US, other parts of the Global Diaspora, and Africa to share their thoughts about this historical moments.
In Conversation with Florine Démosthène
Challenging the Self to Redefine the Canon
Magnus Rosengarten spoke to the artist about her work and in particular about how her own body functions as a role model.
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.
In Conversation with
Argentine semiotician Walter Mignolo
“Decolonial aesthetics/aesthesis has become a connector across the continents”, says the scholar at Duke University.
In Conversation with Paula Nascimento
Putting the Finger in the Wound
Curator Paula Nascimento speaks about the subtleties of de Mónica de Miranda’s art, architectural symphonies and colonial spaces.
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opportunities
Call for papers
Argentina Performance Art
Convocatoria abierta para publicar en Argentina Performance ArT
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Call for applications
Dart Festival
Festival de Cine Documental sobre Arte Contemporáneo
Barcelona, Spain
Call for papers
Asociación Argentina de Críticos de Arte
Primer Concurso de Ensayos Críticos y Curatoriales de Arte Argentino y Latinoamericano
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Call for applications
Festival Byte Footage
Hábitos tecnológicos: cuerpos y movimientos
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Installation View #museumshutdown
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.
For Eyes That Can See
Smiling In the Face of the World's End
Keyna Eleison resumes her column in 2020 with a warning: a weary text to be sung aloud.
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.
In Conversation With Igor Simões
A Look at Latin American Women’s Art
Igor Simões, one of the curators of the Mercosul Biennial, speaks in an interview about the exhibit postponed because of the current pandemic.
Installation View #museumshutdown
Manuela Ribadeneira, Objects of Doubt and Certainty
This exhibition in Quito brings together works from the last twenty years of production of the Ecuadorian artist.
Installation View #museumshutdown
Legacies of a Deep Brazil
Exhibition at the Museu Afro Brasil brings together works of art and objects from several Brazilian indigenous peoples.
Installation View #museumshutdown
Claudia Andujar, The Yanomami Struggle
The largest exhibition to date of the work of the Swiss-Brasilian photographer and activist, in the Fondation Cartier, Paris.
Installation View #museumshutdown
Beyond the Black Atlantic
Beyond the Black Atlantic shows works by Sandra Mujinga, Paulo Nazareth, Tschabalala Self and Kemang Wa Lehulere at Kunstverein Hannover
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 Koral Carballo
Afro-Descendants In Mexico: “We Were Always Here”
Mexican photographer Koral Carballo speaks about Afro-descendants in Mexico and about discovering her own identity.
Installation View #museumshutdown
Té de Bogotá
Group exhibition in the wildpalms gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER NOW
C& and C&AL are in solidarity with all the artists, independent curators, writers, other cultural producers, and institutions
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