Biennales

global art mapping

The Amazon
Bienal das Amazônias: Portrait of a Complex Region
Titled "Bubuia: Waters as a Source of Imaginations and Desires", the first Bienal das Amazônias places Amazonian art at center stage.
Installation View
60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions
Our highlights of the national exhibitions at one of the most prestigious Biennales in the world.
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60th Venice Biennale: Giardini
Our highlights of one of the international exhibitions at the central pavilions.
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60th Venice Biennale: Arsenale
Our highlights of one of the international exhibitions at the central pavilions.
60th Venice Biennale
A Journey into the Mind and Work of Julien Creuzet
In this conversation, C& AL editors Marny Garcia Mommertz and Cristian Baena reflect on a recent press trip to Martinique alongside the artist and curators of the French Pavilion.
60th Venice Biennale
Cisco Merel: Art, Afro-Antillean Architecture and Migration
A conversation with one of the four artists representing the first Panama Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale.
Brazil
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung appointed chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announced that Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung will be the chief curator of the 36th Edition of the Biennial, scheduled for the second half of 2025.
Installation View
Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial
Historic exhibition on Videobrasil's 40th anniversary brought together works by Global South artists.
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.
Trending
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
35th Bienal de São Paulo: Choreographing New Poetic Movements for the Arts
The Biennial challenges paradigms with strong presence of non-hegemonic thinking, setting forth a complex and impactful panorama.
In Conversation with
Tadáskía: My Work Has a Life of Its Own
An interview with the Brazilian artist about her participation in the 35th São Paulo Bienal.
Installation View
Bienal das Amazônias
Inaugural edition of biennial includes work by more than 120 artists and collectives.
Installation View
35th São Paulo Bienal – Choreographies of the Impossible
With the participation of 121 artists, biennial brings to light new perspectives on the urgencies of today's world.
35th Bienal de São Paulo
C& 10 – C&AL 5: Celebrate with us at São Paulo Biennial!
Take part in the panel "Black Brazilian futurity in contemporary art" on September 6 in São Paulo.
In Conversation with
Eliazar Ortiz Roa: Connecting Antillean Society and Botany
A conversation with the Dominican artist, who is participating in the 23rd Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala.
Mercosul Biennial
Biennial Foundation announces curatorial team
Raphael Fonseca, Tiago Sant'Ana and Yina Jiménez Suriel are announced as part of the artistic team of the biennial's 14th edition.
Haiti
Adler Guerrier: Dreams and Geographies that Transfigure Us
Adler Guerrier is an artist who operates within the realm of dreams where history remains but without conventional order.
Biennale Architettura 2023
Brazilian Pavilion receives the Golden Lion for Best National Participation
The project, which involves indigenous and Afro-Brazilian artists, places the land at the center of the debate.
35th Bienal de São Paulo
Bienal de São Paulo announced the first partial list of artists
The selection is composed of 43 names, consisting of 37 artists, four duos and two collectives.
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.
60th Venice Biennale
Adriano Pedrosa was appointed curator of the 60th Venice Biennial
Pedrosa, artistic director of MASP, will be the first South American curator of the Venice Biennale.
São Paulo Biennale
São Paulo Biennale Announces Title and Theme
Entitled "choreographies of the impossible", the Biennale is an "invitation to radical imaginations" and will take place in autumn 2023.
documenta 15
Installation View: Más Arte Más Acción
Más Arte Más Acción connects the Colombian rainforest and its peoples with the German forest in a series of projects in Kassel.
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events
Exhibitions
Food, Art & Activism: Nourishing Ourselves and Each Other
M.Bassy
Hamburg, Germany
15 September 2024 - 10 November 2024
Exhibitions
Jota Mombaça: A Method/Grieving Time
West Den Haag
Den Haag, Netherlands
07 September 2024 - 08 December 2024
Publication
‘Doing, Otherwise’ – An Anthology Seminar Toolkit
Hordaland Kunstsenter Kitchen
Bergen, Norway
11 September 2024 - 11 September 2024
Exhibitions
Por uma outra ecologia: o que a matéria sabe sobre nós
Solar dos Abacaxis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10 August 2024 - 19 October 2024
Biennales
Toronto Biennial of Art: Precarious Joys
Various
Toronot, Canada
21 September 2024 - 01 December 2024
Exhibitions
The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean
Americas Society/Council of the Americas
New York City, United States
04 September 2024 - 14 December 2024
Exhibitions
Si por mí llueve
Museode Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
04 August 2024 - 04 August 2024
Exhibitions
José Morbán: Orgullo Nacional
Centro Cultural de España Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
26 July 2024 - 01 September 2024
Exhibitions
Tiempo de Siembra
BPA// Raum
Berlin, Germany
03 August 2024 - 15 September 2024
Exhibitions
Ideias radicais sobre o amor
Museu de Arte do Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
09 August 2024 - 24 September 2024
Exhibitions
Imagem e Semelhança - Lucas Finonho
Museu de Arte do Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 July 2024 - 03 November 2024
Exhibitions
J. Cunha: Corpo Tropical
Pinacoteca
São Paulo, Brazil
04 May 2024 - 29 September 2024
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C& Magazine
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C& Artist Portrait
Manyaku Mashilo: Intuition is the Place
Kim M Reynolds dives into the poetic work of multifaceted visual artist Manyaku Mashilo, encountering the possibility of invention.
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C& In Conversation
How Atelier Ndokette Interweaves Artistic Practices
The collective works together since 2019 and highlight the various ways in which clothes can speak.
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C& Ecologies
Locating Blackness In Intimate Ecologies
Ama Josephine Budge on how to resist climate colonialism through a capacious, trans-temporal Blackness.
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C& In Conversation
Baloji and the Art of Averting the Evil Eye
Multitalented artist Baloji talks to C& about his first feature film and how the diasporic relationship gives access to an imaginary world.
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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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C& #weavingnetworks
Thoughts on Collective Archives
Four collectives discuss perspectives on collective publishing and archiving.
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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.
Transatlantic Connections
Latin-American and African art scenes
The Argentinian curator Gabriela Salgado talks about the South-to-South connections in the context of international art.
History Lesson
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese cultural theorist committed himself to a life-long project of decolonizing the African humanities.
Akosua Adoma Owusu: Welcome to the Jungle
Beauty and Power in Black Hair Culture
Interweaving different narratives, Akosua Adoma Owusu’s solo exhibition portrays the complexities of Black life.
Installation View
La Chola Poblete: Guaymallén
PalaisPopulaire in Berlin presented a comprehensive exhibition of Argentinian artist La Chola Poblete.
Encruzilhadas
Ismael David and the Foundations of Exu
An essay on the Brazilian artist's investigations into the effects of time and ancestry in the African diaspora.
An Island Within an Island
Haitians in Cuba – “Two Homelands, One Blood”
Filmmaker Esery Mondesir discusses his new documentary “Una Sola Sangre”, about Haitian communities in Cuba.
Installation View #museumshutdown
The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art
A thematic group exhibition centered on the question, “what might a Caribbean future look like?”, in the Pérez Art Museum, Miami.
Clotilde Jiménez
Queering Boxing, Undoing the “Macho”
The artist, born in Honolulu and based in Mexico, raises questions around race, class, sexuality and gender.
opportunities
Call for papers
OBOE Journal
Call for papers: Visual Art Biennials on the African Continent
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Call for applications
Burnaway
2025 Mood Ring Open Call
Online, United States
Residencies
Fresh Milk
Lucayan Archipelago Residency
Nassau, Bahamas
Call for applications
Monolito Plataforma
Programa de Imersão em Artes Visuais NO/CORTE
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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