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Afterlives of History
Cabo Verde’s Layered Temporalities Emerge in the Work of César Schofield Cardoso
Ana Nolasco explores César Schofield Cardoso’s work, examining Cabo Verde’s colonial past, memory, and the impact of global capitalism on identity.
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C&AL’s Highlights of 2024 You Might Have Missed
A selection of our most read stories of last year.
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C&AL’s Highlights You Might Have Missed
A selection of some of our most read stories of 2022
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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.
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.
Highlights of 2019
Looking Back at an Intense and Interesting Year
Friends and collaborators of Contemporary And América Latina (C&AL) reflect about artistic highlights of the year that is now ending.
A Latin American Universe
What Is Latinx?
We take a look into the implications and opportunities of the new expression, that has also been discovered by the art world.
Remembering An Exhibition On Africa In Colombia
Some Kind of Sorcerers
Remembering the African legacy in Colombia is of crucial importance. Violence against Afro-Colombians is commonplace. But also resistance.
In Memoriam
Alanna Lockward (1961 -2019)
The Dominican author, curator and filmmaker Alanna Lockward died in Santo Domingo on January 7, 2019.
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The Female Artists of Color Who Pioneered Alternative Art Spaces in Mexico
Despite the 1968 rise of protests against the regime in Mexico, narratives of indigenous feminists and artists of color were still left out
Remembering the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo
To Live Is To Be In The Moment
The 32nd Bienal de São Paulo (2016) examined notions of uncertainty and the strategies offered by contemporary art to embrace it.
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.
In Conversation with Duane Linklater
Centering Indigenous Bodies, Thought and Practice
“Under the Mango Tree – Sites of Learning”, organized by documenta 14 and ifa, examinedthe notion and practice of education globally.
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.
Documenta 14
Regina José Galindo and the Weapons Industry
Jota Mombaça looks into how Galindo points at the entanglement of the apparatuses of art and war in the context of a major art event.
Remembering the documenta 14: Athens
In the Surrounds of History
Jota Mombaça observed for C& the multiple events surrounding the documenta 14.
The Politics of Textile Art
The Unexpected Power of Threads
Two recent books focus on artists using textiles as a way of traversing politics and creating meaning.
Remembering Dak'art 2016
Changing Directions Whenever Necessary
Solange Farkas was one of the guest curators of Dak'Art 2016. C& talked to her.
Echoes of the South Atlantic
Der Black Atlantic – Subject of (Counter)Memory
The project “Der Black Atlantic” (2004) apresentou Berlim
Images and Justice
How Do Black Lives Matter in MoMA’s Collection?
In this essay, Thomas J. Lax examines the links between racial violence and its visual documentation and relevance.
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.
Radical Women in Latin American Art
United By A Thread
Notable artists established ways of observing, constructing and depicting female identity in often hostile political contexts.
In Focus: Cuba
“Afro-” and “-Cuban”: A Possible Nation?
How are black Cubans perceived? A walk through the history of the relationship between the visual arts and Cuban Afro identity.
Afro-Brazilian Manifestations
“Territories” Exhibition
The exhibition set out to highlight the importance of artists of African descent in the history of Brazilian art.
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Biennales
14ª Bienal do Mercosul
Diversos locais
Porto Alegre, Brazil
27 March 2025 - 01 June 2025
Exhibitions
ficciones patógena
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
New York City, United States
14 March 2025 - 27 July 2025
Exhibitions
Formas das águas
Museu de Arte Moderna
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 January 2025 - 01 June 2025
Exhibitions
Exílio da Noite
Cukier Arte
São Paulo, Brazil
19 March 2025 - 17 May 2025
Exhibitions
Para curarnos el susto
La Nueva Fábrica
La Antigua, Guatemala
23 November 2024 - 01 June 2025
Art Fairs
SP-Arte 2025
Pavilhão da Bienal
São Paulo, Brazil
02 April 2025 - 06 April 2025
Exhibitions
Grafismo Emergente
EAV Parque Lage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 February 2025 - 13 April 2025
Exhibitions
Indomináveis Presenças
CCBB
São Paulo, Brazil
05 February 2025 - 07 April 2025
Exhibitions
To Scatter Seeds
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
27 March 2025 - 17 May 2025
Exhibitions
Salah Elmur: The Land of the Sun
Mariane Ibrahim
Mexico City, Mexico
04 February 2025 - 17 May 2025
Exhibitions
I Am Soil. My Tears Are Water: María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Efie Gallery
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10 April 2025 - 24 May 2025
Exhibitions
Corpos terrestres, corpos celestes
Galatea
Salvador, Brazil
31 January 2025 - 24 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& Launches Patreon Membership
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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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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.
Reflections on Achille Mbembe
Breathing Prohibited
Angolan poet, curator and cultural producer, Marcos Jinguba, talks with Brazilian artist and dancer, Luana Vitra.
March Meeting 2018
What Does Resistance in the Arts Look Like Today?
Art institutions strive to inspire political action. How can art be the change in a tangible way?
In conversation with Hélio Menezes
Representativeness beyond representation
Hélio Menezes speaks in an interview about the understanding of Afro-Brazilian art, a topic of his research since 2011.
24th Bienal de Arte Paiz Guatemala
The World Tree [El árbol del mundo]
Under the curation of Eugenio Viola, “The World Tree” [El árbol del mundo] reaffirms the power of contemporary art to connect diverse histories and realms of experience.
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.
Planetary Connections
Indigo Dye: A Shared Language in the Global South
An essay about the culture of indigo dye across the global south through the practices of four artists.
Zumvi Archive
Black Image Memory
Dedicated to photographic memories of Black populations, the Zumvi Archive has been documenting the history of Afro-Brazilians for three decades.
In Conversation with Jim C. Nedd
A Musical Portal to Africa in the Caribbean
A talk about the Colombian Caribbean musical culture of the “Picó” and multiple identities in the Caribbean in relation to Africa.
opportunities
Call for proposals
EMEF Gonzaguinha
Escadas para Nuvens
São Paulo, Brazil
Workshops
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Moderno para quem? Indígenas e populares na institucionalização da cultura
online, Brazil
Call for applications
Online / Mi Calle Nuestra Calle
Taller de Futuros Personales
, Worldwide
Call for applications
R.A.R.O
Convocatoria para ser parte R.A.R.O. Buenos Aires en 2025​​
Buenos Aires, Worldwide
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