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PTThe visual artist, dancer, and performer, Luana Vitra, was born in Contagem (MG). She studied Visual Arts, with a specialization in sculpture, at the Guignard School – UEMG, and earned her degree in Dance from the Free School of Arts. Among her major individual exhibitions are Três Guerras no Peito (Three Wars in the Chest), at the São Paulo Cultural Center – CCSP (2020), and Carregar o poema nas costas (Carrying the Poem on Your Back), at the Sesiminas Cultural Center Art Gallery (Belo Horizonte, 2019). The artist has participated in various residencies and laboratories, including at Frestas – Art Triennial in 2020. Also in 2020, she was awarded the EDP Arts Prize from the Tomie Ohtake Institute. Her work Contra feitiço (Counter-Spell) is part of the permanent collection at the Museum of the Portuguese Language in São Paulo.
Luana Vitra
Luana Vitra. Heaven Is the Suture of a Falling Roof: Ground. Iron light boxes, cement, and iron grids, 2018. Exhibition “Três Guerras no Peito” (Three Wars in the Chest) São Paulo Cultural Center (CCSP), 2020. Photo: Everton Ballardin.
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Collective Nacional Trovoa
“We Don’t Accept Scraps From The White Art Circuit”
Group of artists and curators gathers for a rally of visual arts produced solely by black and non-white women.
Installation View
Beatriz González in Berlin - Retrospective 1965-2017
KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin examines the work of one of Colombia's most emblematic artists.
In Conversation with Antwaun Sargent
Tearing Down Borders Between Magazines and Museums
We spoke to the New York curator Antwaun Sargent about his international selection for the exhibition Just Pictures at projects+gallery in St. Louis, Missouri.
events
Screenings
Sexo, Mentiras e Videotape
Pivô Satélite (online)
São Paulo, Brazil
20 July - 12 August 2021
Exhibitions
Redes, colaboração e resistência em/entre Portugal e Brasil
Galerias Municipais
Lisboa, Portugal
26 June - 05 September 2021
Exhibitions
Blanco, azul y rojo: 1821-2021
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
01 June - 01 June 2022
Exhibitions
Francisco Toledo. El color como forma
Casa de México en España
Madrid, Spain
29 April - 19 September 2021
Exhibitions
Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite
Blanton Museum of Art
Austin, United States
27 June - 19 September 2021
Exhibitions
Ángela Gurría - Escuchar la materia
Proyectos Monclova
Ciudad de México, Mexico
16 June - 21 August 2021
Exhibitions
Carmenza Banguera: The Visible, the Laughable, and the Invisible
Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society
Chicago, United States
27 May - 01 October 2021
Exhibitions
Transformation: Objects and Images in Relation
The Clemente Center
New York, United States
02 July - 30 July 2021
Festivals
Ubumuntu Arts Festival
Mashirika Performing Arts and Media Company
Kigali (online), Rwanda
16 July - 17 July 2021
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Collective Nacional Trovoa
“We Don’t Accept Scraps From The White Art Circuit”
Group of artists and curators gathers for a rally of visual arts produced solely by black and non-white women.
Installation View
Beatriz González in Berlin - Retrospective 1965-2017
KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin examines the work of one of Colombia's most emblematic artists.
In Conversation with Antwaun Sargent
Tearing Down Borders Between Magazines and Museums
We spoke to the New York curator Antwaun Sargent about his international selection for the exhibition Just Pictures at projects+gallery in St. Louis, Missouri.
Slavery Images
The Image As Testimony Of The Unspeakable
An archive of historical images allows us a look into the terrible world of slavery in the Americas.
In Conversation with
Researcher and artist Rosana Paulino
“I would like to touch on subjects that have been swept under the rug in Brazilian society”, says the Brazilian artist.
A Latin American Universe
What Is "Latinx"?
“Latinx” is an update of traditional labels usually applied to describe Latin American migrant communities in the US.
In Conversation With Lía Colombino
The Museo del Barro and Multicultural Art in Paraguay
The Museum is dedicated to all types of visual arts that highlight the cultural and ethnic diversity of Paraguay.
Exhibition at Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Rosana Paulino: The Suturing of History
“Rosana Paulino: The Sewing of Memory” exhibition brings together 140 works by the Brazilian artist from 1993 to 2018.
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.