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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.
Installation View
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.
Black Cultures Matter
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
Installation View
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.
"Auf Deutsch"
Daniel Kojo Schrade: Broadening the Understanding of Diaspora
For centuries there has been Black cultural production from countries where German is spoken, and it has been as diverse and distinct as the various regions themselves.
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events
Charismatic Goods
Canada Gallery
New York City, United States
11 October 2024 - 16 November 2024
Exhibitions
Navigating the Waves: Contemporary Cuban Photography
The Museum of Fine Arts
Houston, United States
29 September 2024 - 03 August 2025
Exhibitions
Raízes: Começo, Meio e Começo
Museu Nacional da Cultura Afro-Brasileira
Salvador, Brazil
19 July 2024 - 09 March 2025
Exhibitions
Dan Lie: deixar ir
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
28 September 2024 - 16 February 2025
Exhibitions
Luzia
Museo Tamayo
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
03 October 2024 - 09 February 2025
Exhibitions
Escaping the tyranny of meaning
Mariane Ibrahim
Chicago, United States
30 August 2024 - 26 October 2024
Exhibitions
Los sueños de la luz / Les rêves de la lumière
Mariane Ibrahim
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
21 September 2024 - 18 January 2025
Exhibitions
The Long Run
Mariane Ibrahim
Paris, France
06 June 2024 - 28 September 2024
Exhibitions
“The Ocean is the Axis” (El océano es el eje)
Mariane Ibrahim
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
01 June 2024 - 14 September 2024
Exhibitions
ERRANCE
Diasporâs
Paris, France
02 October 2024 - 14 October 2024
Exhibitions
Gestures of The Unseen
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
05 September 2024 - 19 October 2024
Exhibitions
Lia D Castro: em todo e nenhum lugar
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
05 July 2024 - 17 November 2024
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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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In Conversation with Sandra Benites
“Cities Are Indigenous Burial Grounds”
In an interview, Sandra Benites, adjunct curator at MASP, talks about indigenous art and the challenges of curatorship in Brazil today.
Between Afro-Cuban and Diasporic Frames
Displacements in Exhibitions’ Discourses
Afro-Cuban arts narrative from Wifredo Lam to José Bedia and the use of African diasporic concepts within the global art world.
Crisis in the Arts
Museu Afro Brasil Faces Funding Shortage
Threat of closure reveals financial fragility of renowned space for Afro-Brazilian culture.
Installation View
11th Berlin Biennale: KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Images of this year's Berlin Biennale in the KW in Berlin-Mitte.
In Conversation with Florine Démosthène
Challenging the Self to Redefine the Canon
Magnus Rosengarten spoke to the artist about her work and in particular about how her own body functions as a role model.
History Lesson
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese cultural theorist committed himself to a life-long project of decolonizing the African humanities.
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.
Indigenous Culture
The Return of the Tupinambá Cloak: Restitution and Internal Colonialism
The historic return of Tupinambá cloak to Brazil highlights constant struggle against colonialism and for restitution.
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.
opportunities
Call for proposals
Pavilhão da Bienal, Parque Ibirapuera
SP–Arte 2025
São Paulo, Brazil
Call for applications
LA ESCOCESA
CONVOCATORIA DE BECAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN ARTÍSTICA
Barcelona, Spain
Call for proposals
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
Bienal de Arquitectura 2025: Proyectos Uruguayos
, Uruguay
Workshops
MASP
Lugar, corpo e pessoa numa perspectiva afro-centrada
online, Brazil
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