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Brazil
What’s Behind Decolonial Movements in Brazil?
Our editor-in-chief analyzes sociocultural changes in the Brazilian art field and highlights the central contribution of Black women thinkers.

Brazil
MASF: An Art Museum that Connects Territory and Communities
The Simões Filho Art Museum (MASF) is a community-based initiative in the Brazilian state of Bahia, created by artist Augusto Leal in 2023.
Brasil
MUNCAB inaugura novo espaço dedicado à arte afro-brasileira
"Odoyá" apresenta obras de artistas contemporâneos e mestres artesãos, com curadoria inspirada em movimentos como Afrofuturismo e Negritude.
Afro-Indigenous
Afro-Indigenous Memory in the Work of Maria Lira Marques
An essay on the works of Brazilian artist Maria Lira Marques, ancestral memories, and the impact of globalization on traditional communities.
Encruzilhadas
Ismael David and the Foundations of Exu
An essay on the Brazilian artist's investigations into the effects of time and ancestry in the African diaspora.
Afro-Indigenous
Keila Sankofa: Fictionalizing Gaps of the Past
A profile on the Brazilian artist and how she materializes the possible and visits the past without repeating violence.
Installation View
Crossroads of Afro-Brazilian Art
Exhibition brings together around 150 works by over 60 artists from various periods and regions of Brazil.
In conversation with
Nádia Taquary: Uncovering Afro-Brazilian Stories
A conversation with the artist about the political value of commodified objects from Afro-Brazilian culture and the power of art.
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Exhibition Corrects Black Gap in Brazilian Art History
This comprehensive and ambitious exhibition at SESC seeks to highlight historical contributions by Black artists to Brazilian Art.
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.
Installation View
O Quilombismo
Exhibition inspired by Abdias Nascimento's Quilombismo philosophy marks reopening of Berlin's House of World Cultures.
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.
Politics
Marielle Franco: five years on, what has changed?
After the murder of the former city councilmember, there are two suspects and many changes on Brazil's political stage.
Memory
Sidney Amaral: A Mirror for Afro-Brazilian History
Reflecting on the Brazilian artist’s work and his retrospective exhibition, "Sidney Amaral: A Mirror on History".
Art Spaces
Why Create Art Galleries by and For Non-Whites?
Galleries founded by people of color open exclusive spaces for non-white artists in Brazil.
Installation View
Dalton Paula: Brazilian Portraits
MASP showcases portraits of Black personalities historically overlooked in Brazil
Installation View
Walter Firmo: In the Verb of Silence, the Synthesis of the Scream
Retrospective brings together more than 260 works by the Rio artist, with images that portray Black culture in Brazil.
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Installation View: Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR)
INSTAR collective presents Operational Factography (2022), a counter-narrative of Cuban cultural history installed in Kassel.
Afro-diasporic Memories
Diego Araúja: For a time of the expanding body
An essay about the artistic oeuvre of the Bahian artist who uses corporality to reconfigure notions of time and Afro-diasporic memory.
Uruguay
Hermosa Intervención: The Body as Transmitter of Black Stories
A chat with Uruguayan artists behind the collective whose focus is keeping the stories of Afro-women in the Americas alive.
Panamefricanism
Abdias Nascimento: An Enduring Legacy
This year, two institutions in Brazil are celebrating more than seven decades of the Afro-Brazilian artist’s international artistic contributions.
Installation View
Ayrson Heráclito: Yorùbáiano
Exhibition at Pinacoteca de São Paulo brings together 63 works by Bahian artist with themes that address colonial wounds.
Looking back
Latinx Black History Month
From Colombian picó to Haitian migration in Cuba, these are some of the stories that have shaped Afro-Latinx cultures.
Installation view
Efie. The Museum as Home
By exhibiting contemporary artworks and historical Ghanian artefacts, this exhibition explores what a museum in Germany can be today.
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events
Exhibitions
Sculptors: Material Conversations
Ascaso Gallery
Miami, United States
10 April 2025 - 16 June 2025
Exhibitions
Grafias Performadas
Centro de Animação Artística do Cazenga
Luanda, Angola
22 May 2025 -
Exhibitions
Jardim do MAM no Sesc
Sesc Vila Mariana
São Paulo, Brazil
14 May 2025 - 31 August 2025
Exhibitions
Sonia Gomes – Barroco mesmo
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Bahia
Salvador, Brazil
12 April 2025 - 13 July 2025
Exhibitions
Exposição UGT da Paulista
Avenida Paulista
São Paulo, Brazil
01 May 2025 - 31 May 2025
Talks / Workshops
Literatura Expandida: Oralitegrafías y Mingas desde América del Sur
Hangar - Centro de Investigación Artística
Lisboa, Portugal
09 May 2025 -
Exhibitions
60+1 el pequeño gran museo de Ancón
MAC Panamá
Ciudad de Panamá, Panama
12 March 2025 - 31 December 2025
Exhibitions
Beyond Representation
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Miami, United States
07 December 2023 - 31 December 2026
Exhibitions
La verdad no es un escándalo
Museo Universitario del Chopo
Ciudad de México, Mexico
18 May 2025
Exhibitions
Ancestral: Afro-Américas
CCBB
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
08 March 2025 - 12 May 2025
Exhibitions
Pascale Marthine Tayou: Brazilism
A Gentil Carioca
São Paulo, Brazil
01 April 2025 - 10 May 2025
Exhibitions
Bermuda: Stories in Memory
masterworks / Museum of Bermuda Art
Bermuda Botanical Gardens, Bermuda
14 March 2025 - 14 May 2025
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Grada Kilomba: Opera to a Black Venus
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& Opinion
Five Things You Need to Know About the John Randle Center Before It Opens
C& author Obidike Okafor shares what to expect from the new architectural marvel in Nigeria’s art capital.
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C& On Racism
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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In Conversation with
Francisco Pinto and Venezuelan Afro-Indigenous History
A chat with the Afro-Venezuelan artist about his artistic practice, which incorporates elements of pop culture to talk about the Cimarrón (Maroon).
Brasil
MASP inaugura novo edifício
Edifício Pietro Maria Bardi vai abrigar cinco novos espaços expositivos.
Acervo
Museu Afro Brasil recebe obras de Marcelo D´Salete
Seis pranchas originais de Marcelo d'Salete, ilustrador e colaborador da C&AL, passam a fazer parte do acervo do Museu Afro Brasil.
In Conversation with Deri Andrade
“The Afro Project emerges in a context of historical violence”
Founder of the Afro Project, the scholar talks about how the platform came about and the importance of research on Afro-Brazilian art.
A Look at Koffi Mensah
Bringing out the Memory of African Identities
Burkinabé artist brings back the history of personalities who were erased from the history of the African continent.
The ABCs of Dalton Paula
From Africa to Bahia and, of Course, Cuba
Artist Dalton Paula talks about his interest in drawing, Black history, performance, botany, and Afro-Brazilian religious practices.
In Conversation with
The curator Diane Lima
Her name brings to mind at least three projects: NoBrasil, AfroTranscendence and Diálogos Ausentes.
Reflections on Achille Mbembe
Breathing Prohibited
Angolan poet, curator and cultural producer, Marcos Jinguba, talks with Brazilian artist and dancer, Luana Vitra.
Afro-Brazilian Manifestations
An Urgent Recognition
Beto Shwafaty visits an exhibition about artists of African descent and wonders why Afro-Brazilian culture is still marginalized.
opportunities
Call for applications
Museu do Amanhã
Residência Artística: Pós-natural e outras ecologias
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Residencies
Cité internationale des arts à Paris
Andes Sena - Para artistas y curadores de Chile
Paris, Chile
Call for applications
Pérez Art Museum Miami
Open Call for Digital Art Commissions
Miami, United States
Workshops
Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio
Semana de la Educación Artística
, Chile
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