In Conversation

talking about art and approaches

Puerto Rico
I Am Monumental: The Power of African Roots
A conversation with the Corredor Afro team on the importance of Yoruba ancestry, community, and networks of solidarity.
In Conversation With
Jesús Hilário-Reyes: Dissolving Notions of Group and Individual
In their antidisciplinary practice. Artist Hilário-Reyes combines performance, installation, objects and expanded cinema.
In Conversation With
Biophillick: Connecting Ancestries Through Technology
An interview with the indigenous Mexican multimedia artist based in Brazil.
In Conversation With
The ancestral travels of Gladys Kalichini and Maritea Dæhlin
The artists’ work individually underscores the human need to reconcile with the intangible aspects of existence.
In Conversation with
Ana Pi: Knowledge does not disappear
Brazilian artist Ana Pi transforms individual and collective grief into acts of resistance and joy.
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.
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.
The Caribbean
Introduction to the employee manual
A talk on resistance strategies for cultural workers in the Caribbean and Central America.
In Conversation with
Fidel Ernesto: Transitioning between the Digital and the Physical
A conversation with the Dominican artist about how images acquire new meanings outside of their original contexts.
In Conversation with
Paul-Aimé William: Afro-Feminism and Curation in Guiana-Abya-Yala
Guianese curator speaks about Black radical imagination and curation models that challenge Eurocentric traditions.
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.
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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.
60th Venice Biennale
Cisco Merel: Art, Afro-Antillean Architecture and Migration
A conversation with one of the four artists representing the first Panama Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale.
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.
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.
In Conversation with
Mariana Ramos Ortiz: Sand as a Symbol of Structural Fragility
A conversation about the political meaning of sand in the Caribbean and the game as a metaphor for a precarious life.
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.
In Conversation with
Vitória Cribb: Transmediated Gazes
An interview about the Rio artist’s work, Brazilian cyberspace, and creating a Tina Turner avatar.
Guatemala
Imagining Queer Futures with Martín Wannam
A conversation with the visual artist and educator, whose two works about discrimination and queer resistance are on view at the 23nd Paiz Art Biennial.
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Tadáskía: My Work Has a Life of Its Own
An interview with the Brazilian artist about her participation in the 35th São Paulo Bienal.
Mexico
La Escuela del Fogón: the kitchen as a place for social transformation
A chat with Dea López about food, politics and art, in this project that highlights the power of food in society.
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.
In Conversation with
Eliazar Ortiz Roa: Connecting Antillean Society and Botany
A conversation with the Dominican artist, who is participating in the 23rd Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala.
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events
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
Exhibitions
Alto Barroco
Paço Imperial
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 June 2025 - 10 August 2025
Exhibitions
Here Lives the Origin
Josh Lilley Gallery
London, United Kingdom
13 October 2025 - 20 November 2025
Exhibitions
Sala de Vídeo: Vídeo nas Aldeias
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
13 June 2025 - 10 August 2025
Installation
XTRANCESTRAL: Building Afrofutures
BARAZANI
Berlin, Germany
04 July 2025 - 18 July 2025
Exhibitions
Teatro Experimental do Negro nas fotografias de José Medeiros
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
São Paulo, Brazil
13 June 2025 - 03 August 2025
Exhibitions
Luiz Paulino: O Inventário do Massacre do Carandiru – 2 de outubro de 1992
Solar dos Abacaxis
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
30 May 2025 - 05 July 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& Launches Patreon Membership
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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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
A Look at Koffi Mensah
Bringing out the Memory of African Identities
Burkinabé artist brings back the history of personalities who were erased from the history of the African continent.
opportunities
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
Call for applications
Villa Albertine
Immersive Exhibition Grants for Cultural Institutions and Venues
, United States
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