Indigenous culture

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.
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.
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.
Peru
Andean Eroticism and the Ancestral Tables of Sarhua
A conversation with the Peruvian artist who explores themes such as Andean eroticism and the visibility of women.
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
Waleff Dias and the Identity of Black Male Bodies
Artist presents his appearance/performance “Even Vultures Are Born White” at SESC in São Paulo.
In Conversation with
Yauri Muenala: cooperation and synergy between Kichwa artists
Regarding the winning project of the 2022–2023 Mariano Aguilera Prize, currently in the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo of Quito.
Amazon Rainforest
Abel Rodríguez: The Namer of Plants
The Colombian artist of Nonuya origin has gained renown in the art world by using drawing to preserve the memory of Amazonian flora at risk of extinction.
Installation View
MAHKU: Mirações
Major show at MASP features more than 100 works by the Huni Kuin ethnic group.
Bienal das Amazônias
Nova Bienal de Artes irá promover artistas da Amazônia Legal
Primeira edição será realizada em Belém do Pará e tem curadoria de Keyna Eleison, Sandra Benites e Vânia Leal.
Indigeneity
What do Abya Yala and Pindorama mean?
An essay on ancestral names for the sociopolitical territory we now call Latin America.
Histories at MASP
Masp planned a year dedicated to Indigenous Histories
Masp presents indigenous contemporary art in a series of exhibitions througout 2023.
In conversation with
Paula Baeza Pailamilla: Reclaiming Indigenous Agency in Museums
A talk with the Mapuche non-binary artist about the importance of challenging the racial prejudice of the museum.
New curators
Masp announces new curators for Indigenous Art
Edson Kayapó, Kássia Borges Karajá and Renata Tupinambá are the new Curators-at-Large of Indigeneous Art at Masp
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.”
In conversation with
Edgar Kanaykõ: Photography as reclaiming
Brazilian indigenous artist talks about the relationship between image and ethno-vision, the constant construction of identity, and art as territory.
Installation View
Nakoada: Strategies for Modern Art
Exhibition at MAM Rio presents works from the museum's modernist collection in dialogue with indigenous ceramics and works by contemporary artists.
Trending
C&AL's Highlights You Might Have Missed
From the anti-racism of Cervantes to the legacy of Indigenous architecture, these are some of our most read articles.
Catrileo+Carrión
Mapuche Non-Binary Utopias
Mapuche artists formed the Catrileo+Carrión Community, dedicated to research investigative practices and multidisciplinary creation.
C& Center of Unfinished Business
Decentering the I: How to Redefine the Human
digenous knowledge has always held the solution to ecological catastrophe.
Contorting Meaning
Collage as Reaffirmation of Identities
Domitila de Paulo, Alberto Pereira, and Moara Tupinambá talk about why collage is central to their works.
Disobedient Identities
Living in Two Universes
Visual artist Sallisa Rosa draws from her personal experience to examine indigenous imaginaries in urban contexts.
Knowledge as Resistance
“The Colonizer Only Sees an Exotic Object”
Afro-diasporic and indigenous artists face conditions that are completely different from those faced by Whites.
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events
Exhibitions
Cuerpo: Carlos Martiel
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
02 May 2024 - 01 September 2024
Exhibitions
RU RAXAL QA RAYB’äL
La Nueva Fabrica
La Antigua, Guatemala
01 June 2024 - 27 July 2024
Exhibitions
Lélia em nós: festas populares e amefricanidade
Sesc Vila Mariana
São Paulo, Brazil
27 June 2024 - 24 November 2024
Exhibitions
Stirring the Pot
Casa da Cultura
Comporta, Portugal
13 July 2024 - 31 August 2024
Exhibitions
Miradero
El Kilometro
Buenos Aires, Argentina
11 July 2024 - 10 August 2024
Exhibitions
Summer Summer
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
25 July 2024 - 25 August 2024
Screenings
Sala de vídeo: Ventura Profana
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
05 July 2024 - 18 August 2024
Exhibitions
Origens do Mundo Waurá
Centro Cultural Vale Maranhão
São Luís, Brazil
22 May 2024 - 27 July 2024
Exhibitions
THE SOUL STATION
Halle am Berghain
Berlin, Germany
12 July 2024 - 13 October 2024
Exhibitions
INVERSION-CONVERSION
BPA// Raum
Berlin, Germany
22 June 2024 - 20 July 2024
Exhibitions
Rebirth of a Body
New York Latin American Art Triennial
New York City, United States
06 July 2024 - 26 July 2024
Exhibitions
Arte Subdesenvolvida
CCBB
São Paulo, Brazil
29 May 2024 - 05 August 2024
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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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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
Sesc_Videobrasil Biennial
Historic exhibition on Videobrasil's 40th anniversary brought together works by Global South artists.
In Conversation with
Raily Yance and the Power of Everyday Objects
The Venezuelan artist explains how to understand cultural changes in Maracaibo through everyday objects.
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.
Call for applications
CCI x C& Critical Writing Workshop (ONLINE)
Announcing CCI x C& online critical writing workshop on art, led by Grace Aneiza Ali, Chris Cyrille and Abdiel D. Segarra Ríos.
Clotilde Jiménez
Queering Boxing, Undoing the “Macho”
The artist, born in Honolulu and based in Mexico, raises questions around race, class, sexuality and gender.
In Converstion with
Cholita Chic: Visualizing the Cholitas of the Future
An interview with the anonymous artistic duo based in Arica, a Chilean city near the border with Peru.
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.
In Conversation with Édgar Calel
“To Me, Art Is a Place of Transit”
Visual artist Édgar Calel dedicates his work to his ancestral culture and reflects on movement and transformation.
opportunities
Call for applications
JAGÜEY
JAGÜEY
Baranquilla, Colombia
Call for applications
AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions
The Marie-Solanges Apollon Programme 2024
Paris, France
Call for applications
Museo del Cine “Pablo Ducrós Hicken”; Arthaus Central (Bartolomé Mitre 434)
Congreso Internacional de Archivos Audiovisuales de Arte
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Call for applications
USP
Colonialidade, Racialidade, Punição e Reparação nas Américas
São Paulo, Brazil
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