Brazil

. . . and the african perspectives

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.
Installation View
Funk: A Cry of Boldness and Freedom
Rio Art Museum (MAR) presents story of Brazilian funk music through rhythm’s constant reinvention.
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.
Installation View
60th Venice Biennale: National Pavilions
Our highlights of the national exhibitions at one of the most prestigious Biennales in the world.
Brasil
Hélio Menezes assume a Diretoria Artística do Museu Afro Brasil Emanoel Araujo
Completando 20 anos em 2024, Museu Afro Brasil renova sua diretoria artística, iniciando um novo momento para a Instituição.
In Conversation with
Aline Motta: The Archive As Part of Ancestry
A conversation about critical fabulation, personal and collective histories, and silenced lives of the African Diaspora.
Brazil
Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung appointed chief curator of the 36th Bienal de São Paulo
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo announced that Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung will be the chief curator of the 36th Edition of the Biennial, scheduled for the second half of 2025.
Brazil
Glitches in the Sound and Thought of biarritzzz
Profile on Brazilian artist whose aesthetic mimics the digital environment and all its visual and sonic excess.
Installation View
Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial
Historic exhibition on Videobrasil's 40th anniversary brought together works by Global South artists.
Indigenous Cultures
Indigenous Histories: Stories told, and many more still untold
MASP exhibition highlights visual and cultural productions by indigenous peoples from various places around the world.
60th Venice Biennale
Hãhãwpuá Pavilion: the Community Is More Important Than the Work Itself
A conversation with Arissana Pataxó, Denilson Baniwa, and Gustavo Caboco Wapichana, curators of the Brazilian Pavilion in Venice.
Amazon
Jota Mombaça investigates imbalanced water cycles in Germany and the Amazon
In solo show, Brazilian artist fills gallery with ceramics and mud as commentary on imbalanced water cycles.
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.
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.
Trending
C&AL’s Highlights of 2023 You Might Have Missed
From the meaning of Abya Yala and Pindorama to Astral Quilombismo, these are some of our most read articles this year.
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.
Brazil
Reclaiming Space: Reverse Architecture in the Work of Wisrah C.V. da R. Celestino
An essay on the exhibition space as a set of economic and power relations in the work of Wisrah, an artist from Minas Gerais.
In Conversation with
Vitória Cribb: Transmediated Gazes
An interview about the Rio artist’s work, Brazilian cyberspace, and creating a Tina Turner avatar.
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events
Exhibitions
Food, Art & Activism: Nourishing Ourselves and Each Other
M.Bassy
Hamburg, Germany
15 September 2024 - 10 November 2024
Exhibitions
Jota Mombaça: A Method/Grieving Time
West Den Haag
Den Haag, Netherlands
07 September 2024 - 08 December 2024
Publication
‘Doing, Otherwise’ – An Anthology Seminar Toolkit
Hordaland Kunstsenter Kitchen
Bergen, Norway
11 September 2024 - 11 September 2024
Exhibitions
Por uma outra ecologia: o que a matéria sabe sobre nós
Solar dos Abacaxis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10 August 2024 - 19 October 2024
Biennales
Toronto Biennial of Art: Precarious Joys
Various
Toronot, Canada
21 September 2024 - 01 December 2024
Exhibitions
The Appearance: Art of the Asian Diaspora in Latin America & the Caribbean
Americas Society/Council of the Americas
New York City, United States
04 September 2024 - 14 December 2024
Exhibitions
Si por mí llueve
Museode Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
Vega Alta, Puerto Rico
04 August 2024 - 04 August 2024
Exhibitions
José Morbán: Orgullo Nacional
Centro Cultural de España Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
26 July 2024 - 01 September 2024
Exhibitions
Tiempo de Siembra
BPA// Raum
Berlin, Germany
03 August 2024 - 15 September 2024
Exhibitions
Ideias radicais sobre o amor
Museu de Arte do Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
09 August 2024 - 24 September 2024
Exhibitions
Imagem e Semelhança - Lucas Finonho
Museu de Arte do Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
13 July 2024 - 03 November 2024
Exhibitions
J. Cunha: Corpo Tropical
Pinacoteca
São Paulo, Brazil
04 May 2024 - 29 September 2024
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C& Artist Portrait
Manyaku Mashilo: Intuition is the Place
Kim M Reynolds dives into the poetic work of multifaceted visual artist Manyaku Mashilo, encountering the possibility of invention.
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C& In Conversation
How Atelier Ndokette Interweaves Artistic Practices
The collective works together since 2019 and highlight the various ways in which clothes can speak.
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C& Ecologies
Locating Blackness In Intimate Ecologies
Ama Josephine Budge on how to resist climate colonialism through a capacious, trans-temporal Blackness.
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C& In Conversation
Baloji and the Art of Averting the Evil Eye
Multitalented artist Baloji talks to C& about his first feature film and how the diasporic relationship gives access to an imaginary world.
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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
Johan Samboni: Rewriting Urban Histories
A talk with the Afro-Indigenous Colombian artist on the parallels between real Life and the digital realm.
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.
History Lesson
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese cultural theorist committed himself to a life-long project of decolonizing the African humanities.
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.
Installation View
La Chola Poblete: Guaymallén
PalaisPopulaire in Berlin presented a comprehensive exhibition of Argentinian artist La Chola Poblete.
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.
An Island Within an Island
Haitians in Cuba – “Two Homelands, One Blood”
Filmmaker Esery Mondesir discusses his new documentary “Una Sola Sangre”, about Haitian communities in Cuba.
Installation View #museumshutdown
The Other Side of Now: Foresight in Contemporary Caribbean Art
A thematic group exhibition centered on the question, “what might a Caribbean future look like?”, in the Pérez Art Museum, Miami.
Clotilde Jiménez
Queering Boxing, Undoing the “Macho”
The artist, born in Honolulu and based in Mexico, raises questions around race, class, sexuality and gender.
opportunities
Call for papers
OBOE Journal
Call for papers: Visual Art Biennials on the African Continent
, Worldwide
Call for applications
Burnaway
2025 Mood Ring Open Call
Online, United States
Residencies
Fresh Milk
Lucayan Archipelago Residency
Nassau, Bahamas
Call for applications
Monolito Plataforma
Programa de Imersão em Artes Visuais NO/CORTE
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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