Indigenous culture

Art Market
Not for Sale: How Black and Indigenous artists are rewriting the rules of the art market
The practices of Edgar Calel and Cameron Rowland resist extractive logics and imagine alternative relations to value, community, and history.
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.
In Conversation with
Johan Samboni: Rewriting Urban Histories
A talk with the Afro-Indigenous Colombian artist on the parallels between real Life and the digital realm.
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.
Indigenous Cultures
Indigenous Histories: Stories told, and many more still untold
MASP exhibition highlights visual and cultural productions by indigenous peoples from various places around the world.
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.
Indigenous Culture
The Return of the Tupinambá Cloak: Restitution and Internal Colonialism
The historic return of Tupinambá cloak to Brazil highlights constant struggle against colonialism and for restitution.
Peru
Andean Eroticism and the Ancestral Tables of Sarhua
A conversation with the Peruvian artist who explores themes such as Andean eroticism and the visibility of women.
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C&AL’s Highlights of 2023 You Might Have Missed
From the meaning of Abya Yala and Pindorama to Astral Quilombismo, these are some of our most read articles this year.
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.
In Conversation with
Yauri Muenala: cooperation and synergy between Kichwa artists
Regarding the winning project of the 2022–2023 Mariano Aguilera Prize, currently in the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Quito.
Amazon Rainforest
Abel Rodríguez: The Namer of Plants
The Colombian artist of Nonuya origin has gained renown in the art world by using drawing to preserve the memory of Amazonian flora at risk of extinction.
Installation View
MAHKU: Mirações
Major show at MASP features more than 100 works by the Huni Kuin ethnic group.
Bienal das Amazônias
Nova Bienal de Artes irá promover artistas da Amazônia Legal
Primeira edição será realizada em Belém do Pará e tem curadoria de Keyna Eleison, Sandra Benites e Vânia Leal.
Indigeneity
What do Abya Yala and Pindorama mean?
An essay on ancestral names for the sociopolitical territory we now call Latin America.
Histories at MASP
Masp planned a year dedicated to Indigenous Histories
Masp presents indigenous contemporary art in a series of exhibitions througout 2023.
In conversation with
Paula Baeza Pailamilla: Reclaiming Indigenous Agency in Museums
A talk with the Mapuche non-binary artist about the importance of challenging the racial prejudice of the museum.
New curators
Masp announces new curators for Indigenous Art
Edson Kayapó, Kássia Borges Karajá and Renata Tupinambá are the new Curators-at-Large of Indigeneous Art at Masp
Indigenous Cultures
Gustavo Caboco: Connecting Indigenous Histories in Brazil
The indigenous diaspora in Brazil is the basis of the artist’s research which makes it a “vast field of existence and survival of histories.”
In conversation with
Edgar Kanaykõ: Photography as reclaiming
Brazilian indigenous artist talks about the relationship between image and ethno-vision, the constant construction of identity, and art as territory.
Installation View
Nakoada: Strategies for Modern Art
Exhibition at MAM Rio presents works from the museum's modernist collection in dialogue with indigenous ceramics and works by contemporary artists.
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C&AL's Highlights You Might Have Missed
From the anti-racism of Cervantes to the legacy of Indigenous architecture, these are some of our most read articles.
Catrileo+Carrión
Mapuche Non-Binary Utopias
Mapuche artists formed the Catrileo+Carrión Community, dedicated to research investigative practices and multidisciplinary creation.
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Decentering the I: How to Redefine the Human
digenous knowledge has always held the solution to ecological catastrophe.
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Exhibitions
Jangueando: Recent Acquisitions
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
28 August 2025 - 31 July 2026
Exhibitions
otras montañas, las que andan sueltas bajo el agua
Ocean Space
Venice, Italy
05 April 2025 - 22 November 2025
Exhibitions
Mi LUM y YO
Galería MUY
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
01 June 2025 - 31 July 2025
Exhibitions
Utopías Caribes
Casa Museo Quinta de Bolívar
Bogotá, Colombia
10 May 2025 - 20 July 2025
Installation
Lleébu. Amazonía colombiana: sonidos y lenguas indígenas en riesgo
Museo de Arte Moderno Medellín
Medellín, Colombia
16 July 2025 -
Exhibitions
Ayida
Institute for Contemporary Art
Richmond, United States
27 June 2025 - 22 February 2026
Exhibitions
OPEN BORDERS
TERN Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
03 July 2025 - 29 August 2025
Exhibitions
akâmi-
Camden Art Centre
London, United Kingdom
03 July 2025 - 21 August 2025
Exhibitions
Tierras reimaginadas: migración
ASU Art Museum
Tempe, United States
23 August 2025 - 02 August 2026
Exhibitions
O vento continua, todavia
Paço Imperial
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 June 2025 - 10 August 2025
Exhibitions
Encruzilhadas da Arte Afro-Brasileira
Museu Nacional da Cultura Afro-Brasileira
Salvador, Brazil
29 March 2025 - 31 August 2025
Exhibitions
Eterno Vulnerável
Solar dos Abacaxis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 July 2025 - 01 November 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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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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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 Catherine E. McKinley
"I Have Gathered These Images, Not Just for Me, but for You"
Ethel-Ruth Tawe talks to Catherine E. McKinley about photo archives, the female gaze, and male studio traditions.
In Conversation with the Ayllu Collective
Healing Colonial Wounds
The artistic group, formed by Latin American migrants with diverse sexual identities, creates anti-racist and decolonial actions.
One year without Sidney Amaral
Daily body: affectivity, violence and expressive freedom
Although the theme of race is a constant in Sidney Amaral's work, it is reductive to look at the work of the artist only from that angle.
In Conversation with
Brazilian curator Fabiana Lopes
We talk to independent curator Fabiana Lopes, who is currently researching the production of artists of African descent in Brazil.
In Conversation with
Josué Azor: Photography as a way of getting to know oneself
The Haitian photographer documents multiple aspects of life on the island nation as a way to learn new skills and inspire others to pursue photography.
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.
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.
Argentina
Kukily: Connecting Afro-descendant Communities through Art
A chat with the collective formed in Argentina about Afro-diasporic diversity, quilombos and what it means to be a black woman in the Americas.
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.
opportunities
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R.A.R.O.
Residencia R.A.R.O. Bueno Aires
Buenos Aires, Worldwide
Call for applications
R.A.R.O.
Residencia-Micro: A Isla
Bogotá, Colombia
Call for applications
Museo Chileno de Arte precolombino
Escuela Diversa de Cine Indígena
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Call for applications
2025 Liu Shiming Artist Grants
, Worldwide
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