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PTCharlene Bicalho is a Brazilian interdisciplinary artist, cultural manager, and independent curator who uses photography, video, performance, and installations in works that reflect her interest in the legacy of expressions of popular culture and traditional Brazilian communities, while reflecting on processes of the decolonization of black women. Born in 1982, she is now based primarily in the city of São Paulo, where she creates projects in various spaces. Of particular note is her work since 2012 as artistic director for the Raiz Forte project. She has been an active participant in several artist residencies.
Charlene Bicalho
Performance piece “From dust is made vine” by Charlene Bicalho. Photo: Pedro H Ermida Cruz.
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Minerva Cuevas – No Room To Play
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Installation View: Atis Rezistans – Ghetto Biennale
Haiti-based Atis Rezistans presents a multimedia installation, artist residencies, performances, screenings, and discussions in Kassel.
In Conversation With Leonor Espinosa
Transformation Between Art And Cuisine
The Colombian chef, artist and activist portrays the memory and the customs of marginalized communities in the Colombian Pacific.
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Exhibitions
Mûntu
Umbangu Espaço Cultural Virtual de Ação Decolonial
online, Brazil
25 September - 31 December 2022
Exhibitions
Vende tela, compra terra
SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art
Montreal, Canada
03 September - 22 October 2022
Nervous System
Kölnischer Kunstverein
Cologne, Germany
20 August - 16 October 2022
Exhibitions
The Tenth National Exhibition (NE:10): “MERCY”
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas
06 October - 02 January 2022
Exhibitions
Ghost Island
Singapore Internatinal Film Festival
Singapore, Singapore
16 September - 30 October 2022
Exhibitions
Invasão Colonial ‘Yvy Opata’ A Terra Vai Acabar
Museu das Culturas Indígenas
São Paulo, Brazil
03 June - 31 December 2022
Exhibitions
Sophia-Yemisi Adeyemo: Earth & Iron: Archival Visions of Land and Struggle
BRIC
New York City, United States
22 September - 23 December 2022
Exhibitions
de montanhas submarinas o fogo faz ilhas
Pivô
São Paulo, Brazil
03 September - 05 November 2022
Exhibitions
Cartas ao Afeto
Galeria Movimento
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
06 September - 08 October 2022
Exhibitions
Reciclos – Criando Novas Perspectivas
Unibes Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
01 September - 16 October 2022
Exhibitions
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D'Aguilar Art Foundation
Nassau, Bahamas
07 July - 22 September 2022
Exhibitions
April Bey: I Believe in Why I'm Here
Simon Lee Gallery
London, United Kingdom
01 September - 01 October 2022
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Installation View
Minerva Cuevas – No Room To Play
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Installation View: Atis Rezistans – Ghetto Biennale
Haiti-based Atis Rezistans presents a multimedia installation, artist residencies, performances, screenings, and discussions in Kassel.
In Conversation With Leonor Espinosa
Transformation Between Art And Cuisine
The Colombian chef, artist and activist portrays the memory and the customs of marginalized communities in the Colombian Pacific.
35ª Bienal de São Paulo
Fundação Bienal anuncia equipe de curadores
Manuel Borja-Villel, Grada Kilomba, Diane Lima e Hélio Menezes são os curadores da próxima edição da Bienal de São Paulo, que será realizada em 2023.
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.
In Conversation with Jaider Esbell
“We Also Have Something to Show—in Our Ways, with Our Rules”
Jaider Esbell, an artist and writer of Makuxi origins, talks about his artistic production and the importance of artivism.
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Mulambö: Carnival was my art school
The artist who creates paintings and sculptures inspired by Rio de Janeiro’s suburban and popular culture talks about his trajectory.
Art and Stereotypes
Playing with Race
Some curated incredibilities taking place in museums and art spaces make us realise: we are absolutely not there yet.
In Conversation With Salym Fayad
“We Know Very Little About Contemporary African Culture”
The 3rd African Traveling Film Festival in Colombia – MUICA – reveals how the African continent is narrated through cinema.