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MUNCAB inaugura novo espaço dedicado à arte afro-brasileira
"Odoyá" apresenta obras de artistas contemporâneos e mestres artesãos, com curadoria inspirada em movimentos como Afrofuturismo e Negritude.
Afro-Indigenous
Afro-Indigenous Memory in the Work of Maria Lira Marques
An essay on the works of Brazilian artist Maria Lira Marques, ancestral memories, and the impact of globalization on traditional communities.
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.
Afro-Indigenous
Keila Sankofa: Fictionalizing Gaps of the Past
A profile on the Brazilian artist and how she materializes the possible and visits the past without repeating violence.
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Crossroads of Afro-Brazilian Art
Exhibition brings together around 150 works by over 60 artists from various periods and regions of Brazil.
In conversation with
Nádia Taquary: Uncovering Afro-Brazilian Stories
A conversation with the artist about the political value of commodified objects from Afro-Brazilian culture and the power of art.
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Exhibition Corrects Black Gap in Brazilian Art History
This comprehensive and ambitious exhibition at SESC seeks to highlight historical contributions by Black artists to Brazilian Art.
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.
Installation View
O Quilombismo
Exhibition inspired by Abdias Nascimento's Quilombismo philosophy marks reopening of Berlin's House of World Cultures.
Brazil
Waleff Dias and the Identity of Black Male Bodies
Artist presents his appearance/performance “Even Vultures Are Born White” at SESC in São Paulo.
Politics
Marielle Franco: five years on, what has changed?
After the murder of the former city councilmember, there are two suspects and many changes on Brazil's political stage.
Memory
Sidney Amaral: A Mirror for Afro-Brazilian History
Reflecting on the Brazilian artist’s work and his retrospective exhibition, "Sidney Amaral: A Mirror on History".
Art Spaces
Why Create Art Galleries by and For Non-Whites?
Galleries founded by people of color open exclusive spaces for non-white artists in Brazil.
Installation View
Dalton Paula: Brazilian Portraits
MASP showcases portraits of Black personalities historically overlooked in Brazil
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Walter Firmo: In the Verb of Silence, the Synthesis of the Scream
Retrospective brings together more than 260 works by the Rio artist, with images that portray Black culture in Brazil.
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Installation View: Instituto de Artivismo Hannah Arendt (INSTAR)
INSTAR collective presents Operational Factography (2022), a counter-narrative of Cuban cultural history installed in Kassel.
Afro-diasporic Memories
Diego Araúja: For a time of the expanding body
An essay about the artistic oeuvre of the Bahian artist who uses corporality to reconfigure notions of time and Afro-diasporic memory.
Uruguay
Hermosa Intervención: The Body as Transmitter of Black Stories
A chat with Uruguayan artists behind the collective whose focus is keeping the stories of Afro-women in the Americas alive.
Panamefricanism
Abdias Nascimento: An Enduring Legacy
This year, two institutions in Brazil are celebrating more than seven decades of the Afro-Brazilian artist’s international artistic contributions.
Installation View
Ayrson Heráclito: Yorùbáiano
Exhibition at Pinacoteca de São Paulo brings together 63 works by Bahian artist with themes that address colonial wounds.
Looking back
Latinx Black History Month
From Colombian picó to Haitian migration in Cuba, these are some of the stories that have shaped Afro-Latinx cultures.
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Efie. The Museum as Home
By exhibiting contemporary artworks and historical Ghanian artefacts, this exhibition explores what a museum in Germany can be today.
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In Conversation with Adrienne Elise Tarver
Invisibility as Superpower
The New York artist about Black womanhood, invisibility, and the pull of the tropics and the Caribbean.
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Performances
A Dance For Madalena
Folk Art Museum
New York City, United States
07 March 2025 - 09 March 2025
Exhibitions
From Brazil With Love
Wunika Mukan Gallery
Lagos, Nigeria
08 February 2025 - 23 February 2025
Biennales
Mawali–Taqsim: Improvisation as a Space and Technology of Humanity
Various venues
Zanzibar, Tanzania, United Republic of
11 February 2025 - 13 February 2025
Exhibitions
An unmistakable softness
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
23 January 2025 - 08 March 2025
Exhibitions
Ocupação Leda Maria Martins
Itaú Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
07 December 2024 - 30 March 2025
Exhibitions
Mestre Didi: Spiritual Form
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
13 March 2025 - 13 July 2025
Exhibitions
Candida Alvarez: Circle, Point, Hoop
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
24 April 2025 - 03 August 2025
Exhibitions
Artistas do vestir: uma costura dos afetos
Itaú Cultural
São Paulo, Brazil
27 November 2024 - 23 February 2025
Exhibitions
Espelhos d'água viva
Solar dos Abacaxis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 November 2024 - 08 March 2025
Conferences
Salón ACME No. 12
Salón ACME No. 12
Ciudad de México, Mexico
06 February 2025 - 09 February 2025
Exhibitions
the sky with root-eyed
Galerie Imane Farès
Paris, France
25 January 2025 - 15 March 2025
Exhibitions
Mirage
Hangar
Lisboa, Portugal
25 January 2025 - 19 April 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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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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MAHKU: Mirações
Major show at MASP features more than 100 works by the Huni Kuin ethnic group.
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.
Call for applications
C& x NAM Critical Writing Workshop, New Orleans
This open call invites New Orleans-based Black writers to participate in a three-day C& x NAM Critical Writing Workshop led by tutors Nohora Arrieta Fernández, and Sherae Rimpsey.
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.
In Conversation with Beatriz Dias
Memorial in Lisbon: Recovering History That Was Made Invisible
A project by artist Kiluanji Kia Henda was selected for the construction of the Memorial in Homage to Enslaved Persons in Lisbon.
Public funding
Black Art in Brazil: An Uncertain Future
After taking steps to generate public policies for the Brazilian black art scene, the challenge is being able to maintain them.
Installation View
Puerto Caribe
Group exhibition features several Caribbean artists who reexamine colonial narratives in Venezuela.
opportunities
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Casa de las Americas
Epistemic Insurrections of Contemporary Afrodiasporic Thought
La Habana, Cuba
Residencies
Pivô, Salta Art
Pivô Research Program
São Paulo, Brazil
Call for applications
The Field
NXTHVN Artist Fellowship
New York City, Worldwide
Residencies
Ebenböckhaus and Salta art
Artist-in-Residence
Munich, Worldwide
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