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
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& Magazine
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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.
C&
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.
C&
C& Ecologies
Locating Blackness In Intimate Ecologies
Ama Josephine Budge on how to resist climate colonialism through a capacious, trans-temporal Blackness.
C&
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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C& #weavingnetworks
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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