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36th Bienal de São Paulo
Irmandade Vilanismo: Bringing Peripheral Poetry into the Bienal
Find out what motivated this collective to set up their studio at the Bienal de São Paulo
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36th Bienal de São Paulo – Not All Travelers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
With 120 participants at the Bienal Pavilion and 5 more at Casa do Povo, this edition proposes an urgent reflection on humanity, nature and deep listening.
São Paulo Biennial
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announces list of participants for its 36th edition
Titled "Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice," the Biennial opens its doors on September 6, 2025.
14th Mercosur Biennial
Flowing Affections: Laryssa Machada’s Sensitive Geographies
Artist presents photography project with potential as affirmative action for dissident memories.
La Trienal 2024
Imagining perversely with Madeline Jiménez Santil’s Art
An essay on the hybrid work of the Dominican artist challenging the constructs imposed by the white, colonial, and heteronormative gaze.
14th Mercosul Biennial
A Biennial that relates sound to space and bodies
The chief curator and one of the adjunct curators reveal more details about the concept of the Biennial in Porto Alegre.
Mercosul Biennial
Mercosul Biennial announces artists and spaces for its next edition
The 14th edition of the Mercosul Biennial will feature 76 artists from different geographies and an extensive cultural and educational program.
Bienal das Amazônias
Bienal das Amazônias anuncia curadora de sua segunda edição
A equatoriana Manuela Moscoso, atual Diretora Executiva do Centro de Pesquisa e Alianças em Arte, em Nova York, foi selecionada para fazer a curadoria da próxima Bienal das Amazônias.
36th Bienal de São Paulo
Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, announces its title and curatorial concept.
In Conversation with
Amanda Carneiro: Curation That Operates Outside Dominant Systems
A conversation with artistic organizer of the 60th Venice Biennale about her curatorial research in Africa.
The Amazon
Bienal das Amazônias: Portrait of a Complex Region
Titled "Bubuia: Waters as a Source of Imaginations and Desires", the first Bienal das Amazônias places Amazonian art at center stage.
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60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions
Our highlights of the national exhibitions at one of the most prestigious Biennales in the world.
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60th Venice Biennale: Giardini
Our highlights of one of the international exhibitions at the central pavilions.
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60th Venice Biennale: Arsenale
Our highlights of one of the international exhibitions at the central pavilions.
60th Venice Biennale
A Journey into the Mind and Work of Julien Creuzet
In this conversation, dois C&AL editors, Marny Garcia Mommertz and Cristian Baena reflect on a recent press trip to Martinique alongside the artist and curators of the French Pavilion.
60th Venice Biennale
Cisco Merel: Art, Afro-Antillean Architecture and Migration
A conversation with one of the four artists representing the first Panama Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale.
Brazil
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung appointed chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announced that Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung will be the chief curator of the 36th Edition of the Biennial, scheduled for the second half of 2025.
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Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial
Historic exhibition on Videobrasil's 40th anniversary brought together works by Global South artists.
60th Venice Biennale
Hãhãwpuá Pavilion: the Community Is More Important Than the Work Itself
A conversation with Arissana Pataxó, Denilson Baniwa, and Gustavo Caboco Wapichana, curators of the Brazilian Pavilion in Venice.
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Brazil
35th Bienal de São Paulo: Choreographing New Poetic Movements for the Arts
The Biennial challenges paradigms with strong presence of non-hegemonic thinking, setting forth a complex and impactful panorama.
In Conversation with
Tadáskía: My Work Has a Life of Its Own
An interview with the Brazilian artist about her participation in the 35th São Paulo Bienal.
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Bienal das Amazônias
Inaugural edition of biennial includes work by more than 120 artists and collectives.
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35th São Paulo Bienal – Choreographies of the Impossible
With the participation of 121 artists, biennial brings to light new perspectives on the urgencies of today's world.
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Detroit, United States
05 September 2025 - 11 November 2025
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Antic Teatre
Barcelona, Spain
02 October 2025 - 05 October 2025
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Parque da Luz
São Paulo, Brazil
27 September 2025 - 26 October 2025
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
09 September 2025 - 25 October 2025
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Tern Galery
Nassau, Bahamas
11 September 2025 - 25 October 2025
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Diversos locais
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 September 2025 - 28 September 2025
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Casa do Comum
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São Paulo, Brazil
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The first comprehensive institutional solo exhibition in Germany of Grada Kilomba nterrogates concepts of violence and repetition.
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Anaïs Cheleux : Relier l’identité caribéenne par la photographie et la performance
Marny Garcia Mommertz rend visite à Anaïs Cheleux dans son studio en Guadeloupe pour discuter du sirop de canne à sucre et de la Dak’art.
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C& author Obidike Okafor shares what to expect from the new architectural marvel in Nigeria’s art capital.
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Every Straw Is a Straw Too Much
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung on the psychological burden of being racialized while doing art.
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Thoughts on Collective Archives
Four collectives discuss perspectives on collective publishing and archiving.
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The Netherlands: Untold Tales
Analyzing the Past and Decolonizing the Future
In the exhibition Afterlives of Slavery artists share their thoughts on how to deal with the legacies of the Dutch colonial empires.
Afro-Brazilian Manifestations
“Territories” Exhibition
The exhibition set out to highlight the importance of artists of African descent in the history of Brazilian art.
In Conversation with
Ghanaian-German artist Zohra Opoku
The artist speaks about her project “Queenmothers”, in which she explores the links between Ghana and Brazil.
Performance in Martinique
Excellence, Audacity and Transgression​
FIAP is Martinique’s own festival dedicated to performance art. C&AL spoke to the curators Annabel Guérédrat and Henri Tauliaut.
In Conversation with enorê
Brazilian Artist enorê Explores the Creative Language of Data
enorê, whose work challenges the idea of fluidity by connecting digital and non-digital art, speaks to C&AL about visible and invisible realities.
Brazil
Waleff Dias and the Identity of Black Male Bodies
Artist presents his appearance/performance “Even Vultures Are Born White” at SESC in São Paulo.
Muntú Bantú, Colombia
Memory Is at the Heart
The only Afrodiasporic Memory Center in Colombia is located in Chocó, the department with the largest Afro-descendant population in the country.
Letter From... The Land of High Mountains
Emancipation Through Sound
Yina Jiménez Suriel reflects on emancipatory processes in the Caribbean.
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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.
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Maré Foto Festival
Maré Foto Festival 2025
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Art Omi
Art Omi: Artist
New York, Worldwide
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Sharjah Art Foundation Photography Gallery
Vantage Point Sharjah 13
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Call for applications
Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council
Synergies
Zurich, Switzerland
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