Biennales

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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.
12th Berlin Biennale
Susana Pilar: Reclaiming Space through Performance
A chat with Cuban artist Susana Pilar Delahante about her career and the work she presented at the 12th Berlin Biennale.
documenta15
Installation View: Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR)
INSTAR collective presents Operational Factography (2022), a counter-narrative of Cuban cultural history installed in Kassel.
Installation View
The Peruvian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale
Artist Herbert Rodriguez represents Peru with "Peace is a corrosive promise" featuring some of his political works from the tumultuous 1980s decade.
Installation View
Jonathas de Andrade: Brazilian Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale
For the Brazilian Pavilion, the artist created an immersive installation about the body in relation to popular idiomatic expressions
59th Venice Biennale
Jonathas de Andrade: A Transition between the Erudite and the Popular
Jonathas de Andrade is representing Brazil at the 59th Venice Biennale, proposing a work that takes popular expressions as a point of departure to think about the present moment.
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 Conversation with the Ayllu Collective
Healing Colonial Wounds
The artistic group, formed by Latin American migrants with diverse sexual identities, creates anti-racist and decolonial actions.
Frestas – Triennial of Arts 3rd edition
The River is a Serpent
Having its opening date set for August 21, Frestas’ exhibition gathers 54 artists and collectives of different nationalities.​
34ª Bienal
Bienal de São Paulo anuncia lista completa de artistas
Um total de 35 novos nomes complementa a lista de artistas já anunciados para a mostra "Faz escuro mas eu canto".
The São Paulo Biennials
“More Desire to Measure up to the North Than to Redefine It”
Luciara Ribeiro talks about the importance of analyzing archives and their gaps to think about revisions that question colonization.
Frestas 2020
Pluralism in Curatorial Framing
Diane Lima, Beatriz Lemos, and Thiago de Paula Souza talk about the Frestas exhibition program, held in Sorocaba, Brazil.
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events
Festivals
Festival ZUM
IMS Paulista
São Paulo, Brazil
25 November 2023 - 26 November 2023
Biennales
5ta Bienal de Montevideo
Fundación Bienal de Montevideo
Montevideo, Uruguay
25 October 2023 - 30 November 2023
C&
C& 10 – C&AL 5: ¡Celebre nuestro aniversario en Santo Domingo!
Centro Cultural BanReservas
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
30 November 2023 - 30 November 2023
Exhibitions
Marcela Cantuária: The South American Dream
Pérez Art Museum
Miami, United States
23 March 2023 - 28 July 2024
Exhibitions
Javier E. Piñero: Survived By A Few
Archivo General y Biblioteca Nacional
San Juan, Puerto Rico
11 November 2023 - 28 February 2024
Exhibitions
Melissa Cody: céus tramados
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
20 October 2023 - 21 January 2024
Exhibitions
Ensaios para o Museu das Origens
Itaú Cultural e Instituto Tomie Ohtake
São Paulo, Brazil
09 September 2023 - 28 January 2024
Exhibitions
Direito à forma
Instituto Inhotim
Brumadinho, Brazil
23 September 2023 - 31 March 2024
Exhibitions
Luis Rivera Jimenez: A Brief Proposal on Race and Cultural Cosplay
Arizona State University Art Museum
Tempe, United States
14 August 2023 - 31 December 2023
Exhibitions
Daiara Tukano
Galeria Richard Saltoun
Roma, Italy
08 November 2023 - 22 November 2023
Exhibitions
Fazer o moderno, construir o contemporâneo: Rubem Valentim
Instituto Inhotim
Brumadinho, Brazil
23 September 2023 - 30 September 2024
Exhibitions
Maranhão: Terra Indígena
Centro Cultural Vale Maranhão
São Luís, Brazil
26 September 2023 - 17 February 2024
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C& International
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C& "Auf Deutsch"
Deborah Joyce Holman – Unless: The Potential of Subtle Acts of Refusal
We spoke to Swiss artist Deborah Joyce Holman about tools to resist the instrumentalization of identity politics.
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C& INVENTING YOUR OWN GAME
Sam Gilliam: Between Structure and Improvisation
Ann Mbuti writes on Sam Gilliam's groundbreaking approach to painting and installation.
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C& Design in Westafrica
Worldforming by Ghanaian Women in Architecture
For three generations of women, architecture has served as an unparalleled incubation platform for worldforming possibilities.
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C& SHOW ME YOUR SHELVES!
Bree Gant: Studying Old Conversations with Ancestors
C& spoke to the artist about her practice, cities as natural phenomena, and the fantasy narrative she writes with domestic artifacts.
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C& In Conversation with Iheanyi Onwuegbucha
The Movement of People and Art on the Continent
Iheanyi Onwuegbucha talks to C&’s Obidike Okafor about the importance of mobility in daily life and art.
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C& In Conversation with Rahima Gambo
The Purpose of a Broader Narrative
With C& author Wana Udobang, Rahima Gambo speaks about education, her relationship with nature, and Boko Haram.
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For Eyes That Can See
Smiling In the Face of the World's End
Keyna Eleison resumes her column in 2020 with a warning: a weary text to be sung aloud.
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.
Havana Biennial 2019
Art Between Censorship And Complicity
The Havana Biennial claims to attempt a decentralization of the Cuban art scene. But things aren’t always what they seem.
Mexico
La Escuela del Fogón: the kitchen as a place for social transformation
A chat with Dea López about food, politics and art, in this project that highlights the power of food in society.
Pacific Lumbung
Más Arte Más Acción at documenta 15
The Colombian art organization reinvents itself as it prepares to participate in documenta 15 in 2022.
In Conversation with
Mônica Ventura: Lending Visibility to Ancestral Religious Practices
São Paulo artist debuts new outdoor installation at Instituto Inhotim in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Installation View
Jean-Michel Basquiat in Brazil
The largest ever exhibition of Basquiat in Brazil has been on display in São Paulo, Brasília and Belo Horizonte.
Cuban Contemporary Art Collections
Good Times, But We Should Look Beyond the “Boom”
Recent exhibits of Cuban art show evidence of an international interest in the island’s artistic production – and raise questions.
Installation View
Images of Aleijadinho
The São Paulo Museum of Art brings together 37 sculptures by "Aleijadinho" along with paintings and photographs by other Brazilian artists.
opportunities
Residencies
Luis Maluf Galeria de Arte
Residência Artística 2024
São Paulo, Brazil
Grants
Pro Helvetia
Apoyo a la cocreación
All of South America, Argentina
Residencies
Pro Helvetia x Translation House Looren
South America: What are we translating? Collective residency 2024!
Zurich, Switzerland
Call for applications
Paço das Artes
Temporada de Projetos 2024
São Paulo, Brazil
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