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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.
A Latin American Universe
What Is "Latinx"?
“Latinx” is an update of traditional labels usually applied to describe Latin American migrant communities in the US.
In Conversation with Zoe Samudzi
Blackness as a State of Matter
About anti-Blackness as a foundational element of the United States, narrow representations of Africa, and art awards.
In Conversation with Elle Pérez
Fearless Bodies and Identities in Elle Pérez' Photography
A talk with the New Yorker photographer about the gaze of love, the fragmentation of the body, and identity.
Ancient Space, Modern Architecture, and Contemporary Art
Indigenous Architecture in the Americas
American indigenous knowledge influenced Europeans in many ways, sometimes unexpected – among them the art of building.
The World's Game
Football and Contemporary Art
Football is more than a game. Various contemporary artists have fiercely explored the dark sides of this global passion.
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Exhibitions
Invisible, no Longer
Galeria MOVART
Lisboa, Portugal
28 April - 23 June 2022
Exhibitions
Paulo Nazareth: Nosotros los otros
Mendes Wood DM
New York, United States
06 May - 10 June 2022
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Magliani
Fundação Iberê Camargo
Porto Alegre, Brazil
19 March - 31 July 2022
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Água Banta
Memorial Municipal Getúlio Vargas
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
07 May - 19 June 2022
Exhibitions
Un lugar secreto, sombras en el bosque
Museo de Arte Afroamericano Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
19 March - 22 May 2022
Exhibitions
Aquí me quedo / Here I Stay
Institute for Contemporary Art
Richmond (VA), United States
06 May - 19 June 2022
Talks / Workshops
Negras imagens
Instituto Moreira Salles (online)
São Paulo, Brazil
17 May - 07 June 2022
Exhibitions
Encantadas
Schwules Museum
Berlin, Germany
11 March - 18 July 2022
Exhibitions
Espiral para sueños compartidos
Museo Universitario del Chopo
Ciudad de México, Mexico
29 January - 26 June 2022
Exhibitions
Primer junte de mujeres artistas afrodescendientes en Carolina
Museo Casa Escuté
Carolina, Puerto Rico
30 April - 14 May 2022
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Eu sei por que o pássaro canta na gaiola
Simões de Assis
São Paulo, Brazil
31 March - 21 May 2022
Exhibitions
Ayrson Heráclito: Yorùbáiano
Pinacoteca de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
02 April - 22 August 2022
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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.
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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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Mãe Preta
Women and Resistance
Exhibition recounts narrative of black women who breastfed children of whites and reflects on Brazilian society.
Installation View
Mercosul Biennial
The 11th edition of the Mercosul Visual Arts Biennial focuses on the Atlantic Triangle.
“Manglaria: raíces y sujeciones”
Reimagining the Colombian Pacific
The exhibition brings together diverse perspectives on the territory and the Afro and indigenous representations in Colombia.
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
Make Techno Black Again
The Exhibition TECHNO Reveals Institutional Blind Spots
Art historian Jamila Moroder argues that an exhibition in Bolzano, Italy, disconnects techno from its Black heritage, and suggests we take a more complex view.
In Conversation with Tiago Sant'Ana
"The Naturalization of Whiteness as a Life Parameter"
Artist and researcher uses materials such as sugar to discuss the naturalization and erasure of a colonial past.
Installation View
The Jumbee Sea
The exhibition The Jumbee Sea contests colonial histories by reconfiguring collective memories from Saint Martin Island and the West Indies.
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.
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.
opportunities
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Kiosko
Residencia: Arte y Cambio Social - Tierras, periferias y paradigma
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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STIMULÁ
Online, Curaçao
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Hunter College Art Galleries, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC)
MAC EN EL BARRIO EN NYC: Residencia artístico investigativa
Nueva York, United States
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Galeria RG
Projeto M.U.S.A
São Paulo, Brazil
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