Brazil

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Installation View
Flooded Memories
Amazonian artist UÝRA presents new body of works in a solo exhibition in Colombia.
Installation View
Roots: Beginning, Middle, and Beginning
Exhibition at the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture brought together over 200 works by Black artists.
São Paulo Biennial
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announces list of participants for its 36th edition
Titled "Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice," the Biennial opens its doors on September 6, 2025.
14th Mercosur Biennial
Flowing Affections: Laryssa Machada’s Sensitive Geographies
Artist presents photography project with potential as affirmative action for dissident memories.
Asia and Latin America
The Forgotten Asian Histories of Latin America
Mimian Hsu and Caroline Ricca Lee are two artists whose works unveil global capitalism’s devaluation of Black, indigenous, and Asian life.
Brazil
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.
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events
Exhibitions
OPEN BORDERS
TERN Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
03 July 2025 - 29 August 2025
Exhibitions
akâmi-
Camden Art Centre
London, United Kingdom
03 July 2025 - 21 August 2025
Exhibitions
Tierras reimaginadas: migración
ASU Art Museum
Tempe, United States
23 August 2025 - 02 August 2026
Exhibitions
O vento continua, todavia
Paço Imperial
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 June 2025 - 10 August 2025
Exhibitions
Encruzilhadas da Arte Afro-Brasileira
Museu Nacional da Cultura Afro-Brasileira
Salvador, Brazil
29 March 2025 - 31 August 2025
Exhibitions
Eterno Vulnerável
Solar dos Abacaxis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 July 2025 - 01 November 2025
Exhibitions
Mulheres Atingidas por Barragens: bordando direitos
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
11 April 2025 - 03 August 2025
Exhibitions
Bienal SACO1.2
Bienal SACO1.2
Antofagasta, Chile
17 July 2025 - 12 September 2025
Exhibitions
Torcer, amarrar e pender
Kunsthalle Lissabon
Lisboa, Portugal
27 June 2025 - 16 August 2025
Exhibitions
Ancestral Futures
Les Rencontres de la Photographie
Arles, France
07 July 2025 - 31 August 2025
Exhibitions
Echoes from a Near Future
La Mécanique générale
Arles, France
07 July 2025 - 05 October 2025
Exhibitions
Magma in the Océan
The Rencontres d’Arles
Arles, France
07 July 2025 - 15 October 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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Project Chama
Poetics of the Black Diaspora
Online platform brings together three Brazilian and one Sudanese artists to map poetics of the Diaspora in the Americas.
In Conversation With Igor Simões
A Look at Latin American Women’s Art
Igor Simões, one of the curators of the Mercosul Biennial, speaks in an interview about the exhibit postponed because of the current pandemic.
C& Center of Unfinished Business
Fatima El-Tayeb: Reclaiming Nefertiti
German scholar Fatima El-Tayeb explains how Europeans appropriate Black historical personalities and deny Africans their history.
Poco Bonito
Challenging Conventional Notions of Cuban Art
Located on a tourist trail in Cuba, an art gallery is fighting against stereotypical representations. But things aren’t always easy.
In Conversation with Charlene Bicalho
“Even without a key, I enter through the front door and plot escape routes”
Brazilian artist dialogues with various languages: from documentary webseries to photography, installation, and performance.
Conversation About the Museo La Tertulia
Cali, Between Trauma And Hope
Museo La Tertulia in Cali is one of the most original art museums in Colombia. We spoke to its curator, Alejandro Martín.
In Conversation with Joiri Minaya
Considerations on the “Tropical Identity”
The multidisciplinary artist from Santo Domingo appropriates colonial codes in order to invert relations of power.
Minga Decolonial Practices, Colombia
Creation as a Collective Process
An interdisciplinary Colombian collective wants to express the sentiments of the indigenous communities in order to recover ethnic and cultural memories.
Acervo
Museu Afro Brasil recebe obras de Marcelo D´Salete
Seis pranchas originais de Marcelo d'Salete, ilustrador e colaborador da C&AL, passam a fazer parte do acervo do Museu Afro Brasil.
opportunities
Call for applications
2025 Liu Shiming Artist Grants
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Call for proposals
Centro Cultural Vale Maranhão, Casa da Cultura de Canaã dos Carajás
CCVM Apoia 2025
São Luís e Canaã dos Carajás, Brazil
Grants
Fundación Ama Amoedo
Fundación Ama Amoedo Grants 2025
José Ignacio, Uruguay
Call for proposals
Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte
6ª edição do Projeto GAS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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