Mexico

. . . and the African perspectives

In Conversation With
Biophillick: Connecting Ancestries Through Technology
An interview with the indigenous Mexican multimedia artist based in Brazil.
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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.
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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.
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.
Mexico
Art and Community against Extractivism
The Colectivo Cherani (Cherani Collective) in the state of Michoacán, Mexico, is using art to create community and protect public space.
Installation View
The Mexico Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale
Featuring artists Mariana Castillo Deball, Naomi Rincón Gallardo, Fernando Palma Rodríguez, and Santiago Borja
In Conversation with Baltazar Melo
Afro-Hybrid Images in Motion
In this interview, Mexican artist Baltazar Castellano Melo talks about his work, Afro-Mestizos and the Black communities in Guerrero, Mexico. 
Inside the Library
The Black Library, Cuajinicuilapa, Mexico
A look into libraries and book collections holding some of the rarer and often forgotten publications. Featured this time: The Black Library in Mexico
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 Conversation with Naomi Rincón Gallardo
“Telling Stories Animated by Desire”
We spoke to the Mexican artist about her critique of Eurocentrism and extractivism from a feminist and decolonial viewpoint.
In Conversation with Koral Carballo
Afro-Descendants In Mexico: “We Were Always Here”
Mexican photographer Koral Carballo speaks about Afro-descendants in Mexico and about discovering her own identity.
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Mexican Muralists in the United States, Whitney Museum
The Whitney Museum in New York rediscovers Mexican muralists and their influence on 20th century American art.
Award
Prince Claus announces 2019 Laureates
The Brazilian philosopher Djamila Ribeiro is one of the 2019 Prince Claus Laureates
In Conversation with Leticia Contreras
Reacting to Social Emergencies
Whe spoke with the Texan native artist about her work and her role as an artist, activist, and teacher.
Installation View
Minerva Cuevas – No Room To Play
The Mexican artist questions the construction of political roles and the significance of the public space.
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
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.
events
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
Exhibitions
Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
18 September 2025 - 11 January 2026
Exhibitions
Sara Flores. Non Nete.
Museo de Arte Lima
Lima, Peru
28 March 2025 - 17 August 2025
Exhibitions
Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
01 May 2023 - 31 March 2024
Exhibitions
Ocama Aracoel
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
14 March 2024 - 11 August 2024
Exhibitions
Candida Alvarez: Circle, Point, Hoop
El Museo del Barrio
New York City, United States
24 April 2025 - 03 August 2025
Exhibitions
Edgar Calel: Ni Musmut (It's Breezing)
Bergen Kunsthall
Bergen, Norway
30 August 2024 - 05 January 2025
Exhibitions
Terrafilia
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Madrid, Spain
01 July 2025 - 28 September 2025
Exhibitions
Seein’ Sperrit
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
29 May 2025 - 28 June 2025
Performances
ATOMIC JOY
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Pantin, Worldwide
04 June 2025 - 05 June 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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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 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 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.
Installation View
Raíces y renacimiento: Mujeres Dominicanas en el Arte
Exhibition in New York presents 22 contemporary Dominican artists that reinterpret tradition.
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.
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.
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.
In Conversation with
Francisco Pinto and Venezuelan Afro-Indigenous History
A chat with the Afro-Venezuelan artist about his artistic practice, which incorporates elements of pop culture to talk about the Cimarrón (Maroon).
opportunities
Call for proposals
MASP
MASP Pesquisa
Todo o país, Brazil
Call for papers
Revista serrote
8º Concurso de Ensaísmo serrote
Todo o país, Brazil
Residencies
Instituto Moreira Salles
Laboratório de Imagens
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Call for applications
Caribbean Culture Fund: Call for Proposals #3
Caribbean, Worldwide
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