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What’s Behind Decolonial Movements in Brazil?
Our editor-in-chief analyzes sociocultural changes in the Brazilian art field and highlights the central contribution of Black women thinkers.

Brasil
MASP inaugura novo edifício
Edifício Pietro Maria Bardi vai abrigar cinco novos espaços expositivos.
Brazil
MASF: An Art Museum that Connects Territory and Communities
The Simões Filho Art Museum (MASF) is a community-based initiative in the Brazilian state of Bahia, created by artist Augusto Leal in 2023.
Installation View
LGBTQIA+ Diversity Stories
MASP exhibition presents over 150 works of art and hundreds of national and international documents.
In Conversation With
Biophillick: Connecting Ancestries Through Technology
An interview with the indigenous Mexican multimedia artist based in Brazil.
In Conversation with
Ana Pi: Knowledge does not disappear
Brazilian artist Ana Pi transforms individual and collective grief into acts of resistance and joy.
Brazil
Celebration and Resistance in Ventura Profana’s Films
An essay by abigail Campos Leal on Ventura Profana’s films as celebrations that challenge hegemonic spaces.
Brasil
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.
Brazil
HOA Gallery is redesigned as a non-profit initiative
The project supports young artists and includes exhibitions, residencies, and awards.
14th Mercosul Biennial
A Biennial that relates sound to space and bodies
The chief curator and one of the adjunct curators reveal more details about the concept of the Biennial in Porto Alegre.
Installation View
38º Panorama da Arte Brasileira: Mil graus
This edition of the MAM biennial presents 34 artists from 16 Brazilian states.
Mercosul Biennial
Mercosul Biennial announces artists and spaces for its next edition
The 14th edition of the Mercosul Biennial will feature 76 artists from different geographies and an extensive cultural and educational program.
Encruzilhadas
The Art of Translating and Vice Versa
An essay on art and translation via the encruzilhada, a central concept to Afro diasporic thought in Brazil.
Bienal das Amazônias
Bienal das Amazônias anuncia curadora de sua segunda edição
A equatoriana Manuela Moscoso, atual Diretora Executiva do Centro de Pesquisa e Alianças em Arte, em Nova York, foi selecionada para fazer a curadoria da próxima Bienal das Amazônias.
36th Bienal de São Paulo
Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, announces its title and curatorial concept.
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.
In Conversation with
Amanda Carneiro: Curation That Operates Outside Dominant Systems
A conversation with artistic organizer of the 60th Venice Biennale about her curatorial research in Africa.
Awards
MUNCH Award: Rosana Paulino
The MUNCH Award will go to artist Rosana Paulino for its inauguration. 
Popular Culture
Carnival, Body, and Territory
In this exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, the body moves through territory during the carnival season.
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.
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.
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.
Brazil
Conceptual Team for the 36th Bienal de São Paulo Announced
The team assembled by chief curator Ndikung is made up of Keyna Eleison, Thiago de Paula Souza, Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz and Henriette Gallus.
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events
Biennales
14ª Bienal do Mercosul
Diversos locais
Porto Alegre, Brazil
27 March 2025 - 01 June 2025
Exhibitions
ficciones patógena
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
New York City, United States
14 March 2025 - 27 July 2025
Exhibitions
Formas das águas
Museu de Arte Moderna
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 January 2025 - 01 June 2025
Exhibitions
Exílio da Noite
Cukier Arte
São Paulo, Brazil
19 March 2025 - 17 May 2025
Exhibitions
Para curarnos el susto
La Nueva Fábrica
La Antigua, Guatemala
23 November 2024 - 01 June 2025
Art Fairs
SP-Arte 2025
Pavilhão da Bienal
São Paulo, Brazil
02 April 2025 - 06 April 2025
Exhibitions
Grafismo Emergente
EAV Parque Lage
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 February 2025 - 13 April 2025
Exhibitions
Indomináveis Presenças
CCBB
São Paulo, Brazil
05 February 2025 - 07 April 2025
Exhibitions
To Scatter Seeds
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
27 March 2025 - 17 May 2025
Exhibitions
Salah Elmur: The Land of the Sun
Mariane Ibrahim
Mexico City, Mexico
04 February 2025 - 17 May 2025
Exhibitions
I Am Soil. My Tears Are Water: María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Efie Gallery
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
10 April 2025 - 24 May 2025
Exhibitions
Corpos terrestres, corpos celestes
Galatea
Salvador, Brazil
31 January 2025 - 24 May 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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C& Opinion
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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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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Thoughts on Collective Archives
Four collectives discuss perspectives on collective publishing and archiving.
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In Conversation with Juana Valdés
Finding One's Own Place On the Edge of the Edge
One of the most inspiring Latinx artists of recent years talks about Cuban identity, imperial discourses – and the importance of recognition.
Afro-Brazilian Manifestations
An Urgent Recognition
Beto Shwafaty visits an exhibition about artists of African descent and wonders why Afro-Brazilian culture is still marginalized.
Reflections on Achille Mbembe
Breathing Prohibited
Angolan poet, curator and cultural producer, Marcos Jinguba, talks with Brazilian artist and dancer, Luana Vitra.
In conversation with Hélio Menezes
Representativeness beyond representation
Hélio Menezes speaks in an interview about the understanding of Afro-Brazilian art, a topic of his research since 2011.
March Meeting 2018
What Does Resistance in the Arts Look Like Today?
Art institutions strive to inspire political action. How can art be the change in a tangible way?
In Conversation with Carmenza Banguera
Black Head
Colombian artist Carmenza Banguera examines the paradoxes of self-representation of a black woman living in a racist country.
Planetary Connections
Indigo Dye: A Shared Language in the Global South
An essay about the culture of indigo dye across the global south through the practices of four artists.
24th Bienal de Arte Paiz Guatemala
The World Tree [El árbol del mundo]
Under the curation of Eugenio Viola, “The World Tree” [El árbol del mundo] reaffirms the power of contemporary art to connect diverse histories and realms of experience.
Zumvi Archive
Black Image Memory
Dedicated to photographic memories of Black populations, the Zumvi Archive has been documenting the history of Afro-Brazilians for three decades.
opportunities
Call for proposals
EMEF Gonzaguinha
Escadas para Nuvens
São Paulo, Brazil
Workshops
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Moderno para quem? Indígenas e populares na institucionalização da cultura
online, Brazil
Call for applications
Online / Mi Calle Nuestra Calle
Taller de Futuros Personales
, Worldwide
Call for applications
R.A.R.O
Convocatoria para ser parte R.A.R.O. Buenos Aires en 2025​​
Buenos Aires, Worldwide
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