Installation View
Forgetting is Forbidden, Colombia
In Conversation with Jaider Esbell
“We Also Have Something to Show—in Our Ways, with Our Rules”
In Conversation with Tony Cruz Pabón
“Salsa Is the Manifestation of Our Own Modernity”

»We don’t have well-known great black masters, because painting is a an idle practice for the privileged. Where were the black masters? Working hard.«

Maxwell Alexandre, artist
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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.
In Conversation with Rebeca Carapiá
How to Talk about Difference Without Explaining It?
Opening up writings and notebooks, Rebeca Carapiá discusses environmental racism and sculpture's right to die.
In Conversation with Minia Biabiany
Choreography of the Archipelago
The native Guadalupan artist talks about the colonial dynamics between France and its overseas territories and her artistic creation process from within the Caribbean reality.
In Conversation with Desali
Bringing the Art Gallery to the Neighborhood Bar in the Periphery
Desali began with comic books and graffiti and today involves protagonists originally unconnected to the art world.
In Conversation with the Colectivo Moriviví, Puerto Rico
“Art Is a Way to Fight Back”
The Puerto Rican artist collective fights historical erasure by painting the walls of local communities. A conversation about collaboration, community and censorship.
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events
Exhibitions
Teto Preto
Masp
São Paulo, Brazil
27 April - 20 June 2021
Exhibitions
Amazonia
Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo
Sevilla, Spain
06 May - 31 October 2021
Festivals
4a MUICA - Muestra Itinerante de Cine Africano 2021
MUICA Virtual
Bogotá, Colombia
07 May - 30 May 2021
Exhibitions
El momento del yagrumo
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
San José, Puerto Rico
25 April - 30 May 2021
Exhibitions
Caribbean In/securities (online exhibition)
Caricuk
Birmingham, United Kingdom
09 May - 31 May 2021
Exhibitions
Matéria Vital
MOVART
Lisboa, Portugal
15 April - 09 June 2021
Exhibitions
Enciclopédia negra
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
01 May - 08 November 2021
Exhibitions
Delirar o racial
Pivô Satélite
São Paulo, Brazil
07 May - 10 June 2021
Exhibitions
El canon accidental (Mujeres artistas en Argentina (1890-1950)
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Buenos Aires, Argentina
25 March - 01 August 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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A Latin American Universe
What Is "Latinx"?
“Latinx” is an update of traditional labels usually applied to describe Latin American migrant communities in the US.
In Conversation With Lía Colombino
The Museo del Barro and Multicultural Art in Paraguay
The Museum is dedicated to all types of visual arts that highlight the cultural and ethnic diversity of Paraguay.
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.
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 Desali
Bringing the Art Gallery to the Neighborhood Bar in the Periphery
Desali began with comic books and graffiti and today involves protagonists originally unconnected to the art world.
Modes of Belonging
When Water Becomes a Screen
The photographer Amine Oulmakki invites us on an existential search articulated around themes of image, story, and memory.
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.
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.
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.
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FAMA Museu
Edital FAMA Museu
Itu, Brazil
Call for applications
MiradasAfro
La Incubadora MiradasAfro
Guía de Isora, Spain
Workshops
Masp (online)
Vestimentas e representações negras nas histórias da arte
São Paulo, Brazil
Awards
Fundación Bunge y Born
Imágenes de una nueva normalidad
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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In Conversation with Nuno Silas
The Intensity of Identity of a Diasporic Artist
The Maputo-born artist Nuno Silas talks about his work in the online exhibition Dissident Planets, curated by Diogo Bento.
New Patterns Over Old “Patrones”
Towards a Latin American Translation of The New Patrons Protocol
The New Patrons Protocol believes in imagination as a tool of socio-political transformation. How could it be adapted to Latin American?
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.”
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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.
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.
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