Caribe

In Conversation with
Sour Grass: Creating Caribbean Connections
A talk with the creative agency focused on supporting Caribbean and Diaspora artists.
Initiative
RAY | RAYO | RAYÓN
Artists and creatives launch an Arts Education Program from and for the Caribbean.
Curaçao
Marlou Fernanda: Foregrounding the Inner Self through Art
The Curaçao-born Rotterdam-based artist goes from painting, to set design and performance to express her complex inner self.
Dominican Republic
Tiempo de Zafra: Materializing Imaginations from Contemporary Realities
Points about Dominican art and pop culture based on a conversation with the Tiempo de Zafra collective.
Venice Biennale
Julien Creuzet will represent France at the Venice Biennale 2024
The French-Caribbean visual artist and poet will represent France at the 60th Venice Biennale.
In Conversation with
Wendy Nanan: Art as a Place of Freedom to Define Oneself
The artist from Trinidad and Tobago talks to us about Creolization and how she found her voice as a multicultural woman in the Caribbean.
documenta15
Installation View: Atis Rezistans – Ghetto Biennale
Haiti-based Atis Rezistans presents a multimedia installation, artist residencies, performances, screenings, and discussions in Kassel.
Installation View
The Jumbee Sea
The exhibition The Jumbee Sea contests colonial histories by reconfiguring collective memories from Saint Martin Island and the West Indies.
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.
In Conversation with Gwladys Gambie
“The Ambivalence Between Seduction and Violence is an Expression of my Rejection of the System”
Gwladys Gambie talked with C&AL as she packed for her return to Martinique after a three-month residency in Paris.
Bitter Poetics
Sugarcane in Caribbean Art
Contemporary artists examine the ambiguous role of sugarcane in the history of the Caribbean.
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.
In Conversation with the Ayllu Collective
Healing Colonial Wounds
The artistic group, formed by Latin American migrants with diverse sexual identities, creates anti-racist and decolonial actions.
Resistance in Chocó
Dazhi Druade Udupanabidada Daira: “Let Us Live in Our Own Territory!”
Images from the life struggles that young artists endure in Quibdó, Colombia.
Letter From... Haiti
“The Risks Are Higher Than Ever Before”
Artist Tessa Mars reflects about the political and social situation in Haiti in the past months.
Letter From...Cuba
Casting Off the Cloak of Silence
Cuban curator Roselin Rodríguez Espinosa reflects on the popular protest against the go-vernment of the island.
Letter From... The Land of High Mountains
Emancipation Through Sound
Yina Jiménez Suriel reflects on emancipatory processes in the Caribbean.
Futura Trōpica
An Intertropical Web of Networks
The Futura Trōpica project rewrites our understanding of the tropics as a region and as a mindset.
In Conversation with Nadia Huggins
Going Below the Surface
The St. Vincent-based photographer talks about the ocean, the imagination of new worlds, and the role of fire in the Caribbean
In Conversation with Tony Cruz Pabón
“Salsa Is the Manifestation of Our Own Modernity”
The Puerto Rican artist talks about his work with salsa album covers, how they reference Caribbean culture and how they bring together diverse musical, aesthetic and social manifestations.
In Conversation with Minia Biabiany
Choreography of the Archipelago
The native Guadalupan artist talks about the colonial dynamics between France and its overseas territories and her artistic creation process from within the Caribbean reality.
In Conversation with the Colectivo Moriviví, Puerto Rico
“Art Is a Way to Fight Back”
The Puerto Rican artist collective fights historical erasure by painting the walls of local communities. A conversation about collaboration, community and censorship.
Nuevo Programa de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Primer Programa de Afrodescendencia y Racialidad
La nueva propuesta académica estrenara en agosto de 2021 en el Recinto de Río Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Corredor Afro, Puerto Rico
Taking Control of Your Own Story
A new art space in Loíza, Puerto Rico, establishes creative links between the African Diaspora and Africa. A conversation with Marta Moreno Vega, one of its founders.
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Art Fairs
19ª SP–Arte
Pavilhão da Bienal – Parque Ibirapuera
São Paulo, Brazil
29 March - 02 April 2023
Exhibitions
Mulheres que mudaram 200 anos
CAIXA Cultural
Diversas cidades, Brazil
12 January - 16 April 2023
Exhibitions
O Bastardo: O retrato do Brasil é preto
Museu de Arte do Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 March - 28 March 2023
Talks / Workshops
Acts of Opening Again: A Choreography of Conviviality
Haus derr Kulturen der Welt
Berlin, Germany
02 June - 04 March 2023
Exhibitions
O Quilombismo: Of Resisting and Insisting. Of Flight as Fight. Of Other Democratic Egalitarian Political Philosophies
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Berlin, Germany
02 June - 27 August 2023
Exhibitions
Trenzado Identidades
Casa Silvana
Humacao, Puerto Rico
10 March - 12 May 2023
Exhibitions
Negros na Piscina
Pinacoteca do Ceará
Fortaleza, Brazil
07 December - 07 May 2023
Exhibitions
Aqui estou — Corpo, paisagem e política
Museu Nacional da República
Brasília, Brazil
16 December - 12 July 2023
Exhibitions
Chico da Silva e o ateliê do Pirambu
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
04 March - 28 May 2023
Exhibitions
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá
Ciudad de Panamá, Panama
02 March - 07 May 2023
Conferences
Museums Association of the Caribbean’s 2023 Conference
National Art Gallery of The Bahamas (NAGB)
Nassau, Bahamas
01 March - 05 March 2023
Exhibitions
Ñande Róga: The Feliciano Centurión Archival Collection
Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)
New York City, United States
16 March - 02 June 2023
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C& International
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C& "Auf Deutsch"
Deborah Joyce Holman – Unless: The Potential of Subtle Acts of Refusal
We spoke to Swiss artist Deborah Joyce Holman about tools to resist the instrumentalization of identity politics.
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C& INVENTING YOUR OWN GAME
Sam Gilliam: Between Structure and Improvisation
Ann Mbuti writes on Sam Gilliam's groundbreaking approach to painting and installation.
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C& Design in Westafrica
Worldforming by Ghanaian Women in Architecture
For three generations of women, architecture has served as an unparalleled incubation platform for worldforming possibilities.
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C& SHOW ME YOUR SHELVES!
Bree Gant: Studying Old Conversations with Ancestors
C& spoke to the artist about her practice, cities as natural phenomena, and the fantasy narrative she writes with domestic artifacts.
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C& In Conversation with Iheanyi Onwuegbucha
The Movement of People and Art on the Continent
Iheanyi Onwuegbucha talks to C&’s Obidike Okafor about the importance of mobility in daily life and art.
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C& In Conversation with Rahima Gambo
The Purpose of a Broader Narrative
With C& author Wana Udobang, Rahima Gambo speaks about education, her relationship with nature, and Boko Haram.
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Black Women Artists
Dialogue Between Cinema, Performance And The Visual Arts
With unconventional creative processes, contemporary productions by black women artists reveal intersections between languages.
Installation View
Cosmopolitan Jungle, San Augustin Convent, Bogotá
The show proposes a dialogue with the knowledge of indigenous communities and examines the ecological destruction caused by capitalism.
Indigenous Cultures
Gustavo Caboco: Connecting Indigenous Histories in Brazil
The indigenous diaspora in Brazil is the basis of the artist’s research which makes it a “vast field of existence and survival of histories.”
“Joy Out of Fire”
The Powerful Women of Firelei Báez
The Dominican artist revives forgotten images and depicts remarkable women in her polychrome murals.
In conversation with Anita Ekman
An Archeology of Afro-Indigenous Issues
Anita Ekman reclaims rock art and pre-Colombian history to decolonize the way we look at the present.
In Conversation with Naine Terena
“Art Functions as an Instrument of Struggle for Indigenous Populations”
Naine Terena analyzes the contemporary production of indigenous artists in Brazil and talks about the exhibition “Véxoa: We Know.”
Remembering An Exhibition On Africa In Colombia
Some Kind of Sorcerers
Remembering the African legacy in Colombia is of crucial importance. Violence against Afro-Colombians is commonplace. But also resistance.
In Conversation With Albertine Kopp
An Initiative For Caribbean Art
Newly-formed in 2019, the Caribbean Art Initiative supports art exchanges and cultural programs across the Caribbean.
In Conversation with Eliana Muchachasoy Chindoy
“How Can Artists Help the Communities?”
The Colombian artist talks about neo-Amazonian art, the need for creating artistic spaces in indigenous territories and the problems with cultural appropriation in the arts.
opportunities
Residencies
Black Brazil Art
Pensamento crítico decolonial nas práticas artísticas
online, Brazil
Workshops
MAM
Radiografias visuais femininas negras como práxis para uma educação antirracista
São Paulo, Brazil
Call for applications
Instituto de Arte Contemporânea
Bolsa IAC de Formação em Pesquisa
São Paulo, Brazil
Residencies
MAM
Professor-pesquisador
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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