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
In the Life: Black Queerness - looking back, moving forward
the Carr Center
Detroit, United States
05 September 2025 - 11 November 2025
Performances
Arró con Mango
Antic Teatre
Barcelona, Spain
02 October 2025 - 05 October 2025
Exhibitions
14ª Mostra 3M de Arte
Parque da Luz
São Paulo, Brazil
27 September 2025 - 26 October 2025
Exhibitions
Oríkì Ìwòran – Ayrson Heráclito
Portas Vilaseca
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
09 September 2025 - 25 October 2025
Exhibitions
Me ‘n’ Mines
Tern Galery
Nassau, Bahamas
11 September 2025 - 25 October 2025
Festivals
21º Paraty em Foco – Festival Internacional de Fotografia
Diversos locais
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
24 September 2025 - 28 September 2025
Performances
Todas as Estradas Vermelhas conduzem ao coração da minha mãe
Casa do Comum
Lisboa, Portugal
20 September 2025 -
Exhibitions
Men am-ním Ailton Krenak
Itaú Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
04 September 2025 - 23 November 2025
Exhibitions
Paul Gardère: Second Nature
Magenta Plains
New York, United States
12 September 2025 - 25 October 2025
Exhibitions
Claudia Andujar e seu Universo: Ciência, Sustentabilidade e Espiritualidade
Museu do Amanhã
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
18 July 2025 - 04 November 2025
Exhibitions
Terras Crescidas
Aura Galeria
São Paulo, Brazil
27 August 2025 - 27 September 2025
Exhibitions
SEM/Cem artistas brasileiros em cartaz
Apo’strophe.arte
Vigo, Spain
28 June 2025 - 05 September 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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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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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.
Catrileo+Carrión
Mapuche Non-Binary Utopias
Mapuche artists formed the Catrileo+Carrión Community, dedicated to research investigative practices and multidisciplinary creation.
Letter From... The Land of High Mountains
Emancipation Through Sound
Yina Jiménez Suriel reflects on emancipatory processes in the Caribbean.
opportunities
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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
Call for proposals
apexart
New York Open Call 2026–27
New York, United States
Call for applications
Salón ACME
Salón ACME No. 13
Ciudad de México, Mexico
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