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. . . and the African perspectives

Photography
Art and Identity in the Caribbean
Kosisochukwu Nnebe and Keisha Scarville are two artists exploring identity and migration in their Miami residency.
Retrospective
María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Charting Global Black Diasporic Geographies
"Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold", at the Brooklyn Museum, explores diasporic identity and the global histories of Black and Asian migration.
Installation View
Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil
Exhibition of contemporary Brazilian artists in the United States engages with political and cultural aspects of Brazilian history.
Terra Foundation and C& collaborate on writing workshops
Terra Foundation for American Art funds C& Critical Writing Workshops and C& Mentoring Program in 2023
C& facilitates writing workshops for young art writers since 2016; in 2023 they will take place in Atlanta and Dallas, United States.
Cuba
Indiscipline and Counter-memory in Afro-Cuban Art
An exhibition about Afro-Cuban art at Harvard’s institution dedicated to the art of the African diaspora.
White Label
How Warhol Erased the Identity of His Black Trans Sitters
Art historian Gürsoy Doğtaş analyses the power imbalances between Warhol and his BIPoC queer and trans sitters of lower Manhattan.
Clotilde Jiménez
Queering Boxing, Undoing the “Macho”
The artist, born in Honolulu and based in Mexico, raises questions around race, class, sexuality and gender.
Black Lives Matter, Cervantes and the Spanish Heritage
“A Legacy that Privileges Whiteness and Excludes Blackness”
A talk about statues and Black Lives Matter, the discrepancy of the Spanish heritage and the author of "Don Quixote".
In Conversation with Tiffany Alfonseca
"The Representation Of Afro-Latino Culture Is Essential"
The Dominican-American artist talks about art, her roots and her new series In Quarantine.
In Conversation with Janice Mitchell
German Museums Need to Catch Up
Museum Ludwig in Cologne questions conventional collecting cultures, starting with a critical examination of its own reputable collection of artworks from the US.
No Justice No Peace
WE ARE.
We have invited creatives and thinkers from the US, other parts of the Global Diaspora, and Africa to share their thoughts about this historical moments.
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.
Installation View #museumshutdown
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.
DePaul Art Museum
Latinx Initiative
Multi-year effort includes research, exhibitions, and community-building
In Conversation with Florine Démosthène
Challenging the Self to Redefine the Canon
Magnus Rosengarten spoke to the artist about her work and in particular about how her own body functions as a role model.
#Seattle with Cura Club, Playthey and ScumTrust
Radical Collectivity
Three collectives focus on the ways Blackness can be explored outside of the perpetuation of trauma narratives.
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.
In Conversation with Alejandro de la Fuente
Cuba: “The Problem Is Not Silence – It’s Deafness”
The curator of “Diago: The Pasts of this Afro-Cuban Present” on Cuban history and the island’s artistic scene.
Inventing Your Own Game
Maren Hassinger: “We Are Not Alive To Make Money”
Will Furtado speaks to Maren Hassinger about protesting against lack of inclusion, the conditions for Black artists today, and more.
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.
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.
Slavery Images
The Image As Testimony Of The Unspeakable
An archive of historical images allows us a look into the terrible world of slavery in the Americas.
Paulo Nazareth at the ICA Miami
Dismantling colonial power
The Brazilian artist offers a journey to understand the oppressive, exploitative nature of colonial history in his country.
Coffee, Rhum, Sugar & Gold
A Postcolonial Paradox
As a system of oppression, colonialism never ceased, but re-branded – as an exhibition in San Francisco shows.
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events
Exhibitions
Luzia
Museo Tamayo
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
03 October 2024 - 09 February 2025
Exhibitions
Escaping the tyranny of meaning
Mariane Ibrahim
Chicago, United States
30 August 2024 - 26 October 2024
Exhibitions
Los sueños de la luz / Les rêves de la lumière
Mariane Ibrahim
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
21 September 2024 - 18 January 2025
Exhibitions
The Long Run
Mariane Ibrahim
Paris, France
06 June 2024 - 28 September 2024
Exhibitions
“The Ocean is the Axis” (El océano es el eje)
Mariane Ibrahim
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
01 June 2024 - 14 September 2024
Exhibitions
ERRANCE
Diasporâs
Paris, France
02 October 2024 - 14 October 2024
Exhibitions
Gestures of The Unseen
Tern Gallery
Nassau, Bahamas
05 September 2024 - 19 October 2024
Exhibitions
Lia D Castro: em todo e nenhum lugar
MASP
São Paulo, Brazil
05 July 2024 - 17 November 2024
Biennales
35a Bienal de São Paulo – coreografías de lo imposible: Itinerancia La Paz, Bolivia
Museo Nacional de Arte
La Paz, Bolivia, Plurinational State of
16 August 2024 - 20 October 2024
Biennales
35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible: Itinerância Luanda, Angola
Instituto Guimarães Rosa
Luanda, Angola
20 September 2024 - 08 December 2024
Research
The Current IV: El Caribe
TBA21 Academy
Worldwide
01 January 2023 - 31 December 2025
Exhibitions
Food, Art & Activism: Nourishing Ourselves and Each Other
M.Bassy
Hamburg, Germany
15 September 2024 - 10 November 2024
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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& 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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Crisis in the Arts
Museu Afro Brasil Faces Funding Shortage
Threat of closure reveals financial fragility of renowned space for Afro-Brazilian culture.
Between Afro-Cuban and Diasporic Frames
Displacements in Exhibitions’ Discourses
Afro-Cuban arts narrative from Wifredo Lam to José Bedia and the use of African diasporic concepts within the global art world.
Installation View
11th Berlin Biennale: KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Images of this year's Berlin Biennale in the KW in Berlin-Mitte.
History Lesson
Cheikh Anta Diop
Senegalese cultural theorist committed himself to a life-long project of decolonizing the African humanities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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opportunities
Call for proposals
Ministerio de Educación y Cultura
Bienal de Arquitectura 2025: Proyectos Uruguayos
, Uruguay
Workshops
MASP
Lugar, corpo e pessoa numa perspectiva afro-centrada
online, Brazil
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
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