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In Conversation with Benjamin Abras
“The Body Is the Beginning and the End of Everything That Happens In a Culture”
Benjamin Abras talks about the legacy of European colonization, everyday violence, and structural racism in Brazil.
Inventory of the Arts 2020
Awareness of the Presence of New Identities
The year 2020 has ushered in new space for black Brazilian art – whether in galleries, retrospectives or academic debates.
In Conversation with Alejandro de la Fuente
Cuba: “The Problem Is Not Silence – It’s Deafness”
The curator of “Diago: The Pasts of this Afro-Cuban Present” on Cuban history and the island’s artistic scene.
National Artists' Salon, Colombia
A View From the Other Side of Things
The “Salón Nacional de Artistas” in Bogotá explores different views on contemporary art inside and outside Colombia.
In Conversation with Castiel Vitorino
“Trauma is Brazilian”
In an interview with curator Diane Lima, artist Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro talks about her first solo exhibition.
Brazil's All-Female Poetry Slam: Slam das Minas
Performance as an act of resistance
For female performance artists, the Slams das Minas (“Girl Slams”) are spaces that bring representation and visibility to black women.
Black Women Artists
Dialogue Between Cinema, Performance And The Visual Arts
With unconventional creative processes, contemporary productions by black women artists reveal intersections between languages.
In conversation with Anita Ekman
An Archeology of Afro-Indigenous Issues
Anita Ekman reclaims rock art and pre-Colombian history to decolonize the way we look at the present.
In Conversation with
Regina José Galindo: “I Am Not A Vulnerable Woman”
“Art is art and politics is politics”, says the Guatemalan artist. And yet her work is a blow of political defiance.
In Conversation with
The Zimbabwean visual artist Lucia Nhamo
There are contextual parallels between Brazilian and Zimbabwean politics, says the artist after a residency in Salvador da Bahia.
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.
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Exhibitions
Grafismo Emergente
EAV Parque Lage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 February 2025 - 13 April 2025
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Indomináveis Presenças
CCBB
São Paulo, Brazil
05 February 2025 - 07 April 2025
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To Scatter Seeds
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
27 March 2025 - 17 May 2025
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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
Exhibitions
Vetores-Vertentes: Fotógrafas do Pará
CCBB
São Paulo, Brazil
08 March 2025 - 05 May 2025
Exhibitions
Boricuas
Museo de Arte y Diseño de Miramar
San Juan, Puerto Rico
08 March 2025 - 08 March 2025
Exhibitions
RicanVisions: Global Ancestralities and Embodied Futures
The Latinx Project at New York University
New York City, United States
31 January 2025 - 02 May 2025
Festivals
1ra Muestra de Cine Caribeño de No Ficción
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
06 March 2025 - 09 March 2025
Exhibitions
Zanele Muholi: Beleza valente
Instituto Moreira Salles
São Paulo, Brazil
22 February 2025 - 22 June 2025
Exhibitions
NELEVEN: Into the Void
National Art Gallery Of The Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas
13 March 2025 - 31 December 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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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.
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.
In Conversation with Yilmaz Dziewior
Museum Ludwig: In Search of a Broader Audience in Cologne
Museums, particularly throughout the United States, have begun to reassess their collections based on gender and race ratios.
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.
Installation View
Two Modernities Speaking Through Lines
In “Convergences/ Divergences”, the art of the indigenous Ye'kwana dialogues with modern art in the language of geometry.
In Conversation with Renata Felinto
The art of Black Atlantic I
The Brazilian artist talks about Afro-Brazilian artistic productions.
Installation View
MAHKU: Mirações
Major show at MASP features more than 100 works by the Huni Kuin ethnic group.
In Conversation With
The ancestral travels of Gladys Kalichini and Maritea Dæhlin
The artists’ work individually underscores the human need to reconcile with the intangible aspects of existence.
opportunities
Workshops
MAM online
Artes indígenas: das aldeias aos museus
São Paulo, Brazil
Call for proposals
Marina da Glória
ArtRio 2025
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Call for applications
Fundación Botín
6 Art Grants 2025/2026
, Worldwide
Call for applications
WHOPA
WHOPA Artist-in-Residence Program
Miami, Worldwide
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