Looking Back

remembering people and perspectives

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C&AL’s Highlights You Might Have Missed
A selection of some of our most read stories of 2022
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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.
In Conversation with Catherine E. McKinley
"I Have Gathered These Images, Not Just for Me, but for You"
Ethel-Ruth Tawe talks to Catherine E. McKinley about photo archives, the female gaze, and male studio traditions.
Highlights of 2019
Looking Back at an Intense and Interesting Year
Friends and collaborators of Contemporary And América Latina (C&AL) reflect about artistic highlights of the year that is now ending.
A Latin American Universe
What Is Latinx?
We take a look into the implications and opportunities of the new expression, that has also been discovered by the art world.
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 Memoriam
Alanna Lockward (1961 -2019)
The Dominican author, curator and filmmaker Alanna Lockward died in Santo Domingo on January 7, 2019.
Another 68!
The Female Artists of Color Who Pioneered Alternative Art Spaces in Mexico
Despite the 1968 rise of protests against the regime in Mexico, narratives of indigenous feminists and artists of color were still left out
Remembering the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo
To Live Is To Be In The Moment
The 32nd Bienal de São Paulo (2016) examined notions of uncertainty and the strategies offered by contemporary art to embrace it.
José Antonio Gómez Rosas, a Mexican Master
A Gifted Ghost Known as “El Hotentote”
An air of mystery surrounds the life of this artist, contemporary of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. It's time to rediscover his work.
In Conversation with Duane Linklater
Centering Indigenous Bodies, Thought and Practice
“Under the Mango Tree – Sites of Learning”, organized by documenta 14 and ifa, examinedthe notion and practice of education globally.
The ABCs of Dalton Paula
From Africa to Bahia and, of Course, Cuba
Artist Dalton Paula talks about his interest in drawing, Black history, performance, botany, and Afro-Brazilian religious practices.
Documenta 14
Regina José Galindo and the Weapons Industry
Jota Mombaça looks into how Galindo points at the entanglement of the apparatuses of art and war in the context of a major art event.
Remembering the documenta 14: Athens
In the Surrounds of History
Jota Mombaça observed for C& the multiple events surrounding the documenta 14.
The Politics of Textile Art
The Unexpected Power of Threads
Two recent books focus on artists using textiles as a way of traversing politics and creating meaning.
Remembering Dak'art 2016
Changing Directions Whenever Necessary
Solange Farkas was one of the guest curators of Dak'Art 2016. C& talked to her.
Echoes of the South Atlantic
Der Black Atlantic – Subject of (Counter)Memory
The project “Der Black Atlantic” (2004) apresentou Berlim
Images and Justice
How Do Black Lives Matter in MoMA’s Collection?
In this essay, Thomas J. Lax examines the links between racial violence and its visual documentation and relevance.
One year without Sidney Amaral
Daily body: affectivity, violence and expressive freedom
Although the theme of race is a constant in Sidney Amaral's work, it is reductive to look at the work of the artist only from that angle.
Radical Women in Latin American Art
United By A Thread
Notable artists established ways of observing, constructing and depicting female identity in often hostile political contexts.
In Focus: Cuba
“Afro-” and “-Cuban”: A Possible Nation?
How are black Cubans perceived? A walk through the history of the relationship between the visual arts and Cuban Afro identity.
Afro-Brazilian Manifestations
“Territories” Exhibition
The exhibition set out to highlight the importance of artists of African descent in the history of Brazilian art.
Looking back
The Brazilian theatre maker Abdias do Nascimento
The scholar and radical theater maker was remembered at three important festivals for Black African culture.
In Conversation with
South-African painter Helen Sebidi
At the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, she chats about home, land, history and ancestral tears.
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events
Exhibitions
Mestre Didi – “os iniciados no mistério não morrem”
Instituto Inhotim
Brumadinho, Brazil
27 May - 31 August 2023
Exhibitions
Quando tudo terra era
HOA Galeria
São Paulo, Brazil
27 May - 08 July 2023
Exhibitions
Won’t You Celebrate with Me
Luce Gallery
New York, United States
19 May - 10 June 2023
Canto Hondo, The Deep Song
LEILA GREICHE
New York, United States
20 April - 20 May 2023
Exhibitions
Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
New York City, United States
29 April - 09 September 2023
Exhibitions
A noite suspensa ou o que posso aprender com o silêncio
Instituto Inhotim
Brumadinho, Brazil
27 May - 31 August 2023
Exhibitions
Sérvulo Esmeraldo: Linha e Luz
CCBB
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
19 April - 26 June 2023
Exhibitions
Balancing Act
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
24 May - 01 July 2023
Exhibitions
Sparkling Islands, Another Postcard of the Caribbean
1-54
New York City, United States
11 May - 20 May 2023
Exhibitions
Dissident Practices
Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery
New York, United States
19 April - 16 June 2023
Exhibitions
Coleção de Arte da Cidade
Centro Cultural São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
13 May - 30 July 2023
Exhibitions
Re-Connect. Art and Conflict in Brotherland
Museum der bildenden Künste
Leipzig, Germany
08 May - 10 September 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.
C&
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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Installation View
from underwater mountains fire makes islands
Exhibition brings together artists from across Latin America that reflect on the processes of emancipation for human beings' perceptual systems.
In Conversation with Juan Orrantia
In Search of Decolonized Images of South Africa
Two Colombian photographers in South Africa examine the notions of representation, independence processes and image subversion.
In Conversation with Maximiliano Mamani
“Creating Art from a Precarious Position Is a Challenge and an Opportunity”
The Argentinean artist gives life to the drag queen Bartolina Xixa and examines LGBT constructs, colonialism and gender concepts.
Argentina's Black Legacy
Relationship Status: It’s Complicated
The “disappearance of the black” in Argentinian identity is an intriguing mystery. Artist Adriana Bustos examines this topic.
In Conversation with Alberta Whittle
Artistic Work as a Form of Healing
The artist from Barbados on collective healing, frightening colonial legacies and the Caribbean artistic scene.
How Black is Black Enough?
The Whitening Of A President
A new exhibition in Cali evokes the history of the first – and so far the only – black president of Colombia, Juan José Nieto.
Sonia Gomes
“My Work Is Black, Feminine and Marginal”
Sonia Gomes moves us through the Brazilian landscapes of factories, post-industrial waste and African-influenced traditions.
Bitter Poetics
Sugarcane in Caribbean Art
Contemporary artists examine the ambiguous role of sugarcane in the history of the Caribbean.
The Netherlands: Untold Tales
Kevin Osepa: The Curaçao Artist Exploring Afro-Caribbean Spiritual Culture
Inspired by Curaçao's “magical thinking”, Kevin Osepa explores with photography and film religion, African diaspora, and family.
opportunities
Workshops
MAM São Paulo
Diversidade e inclusão em instituições culturais
São Paulo, Brazil
Call for proposals
Teatro La Cúpula del Parque O’Higgins
Feria Ch.ACO 14
Santiago, Chile
Awards
Art Connect Magazine
Artists to Watch 2023
Berlim, Germany
Residencies
MAM
Residência Incluir
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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