C& América Latina's 2024 Year in Review: Afro-Indigenous Reawakening
Will Furtado, editor-in-chief of C& América Latina, reviews 2024 as a landmark year for Indigenous and Afro-Indigenous art in Abya Yala/Pindorama. Key events include Claudia Sheinbaum's election as Mexico's first female president and her refusal to invite Spain's king to her inauguration; the 60th Venice Biennale curated by Adriano Pedrosa, the first Latin American to do so, titled "Foreigners Everywhere," which prominently featured Indigenous artists from the Americas; the Brazilian pavilion renamed Hãhãwpuá with its first Indigenous representation, including Glicéria Tupinambá and collective MAHKU; and the launch of C&AL's series "Afroindígenas" exploring the intersection of Indigenous and Black identities. The year also saw the passing of Martinican curator Caryl Ivrisse Crochemar. C&AL conducted writing workshops across the Americas and launched the "Visita al Estudio" series visiting artists' studios.
Key facts
- Claudia Sheinbaum elected first female president of Mexico in 2024.
- Sheinbaum refused to invite Spain's king to her inauguration due to lack of apology for colonial atrocities.
- Adriano Pedrosa curated the 60th Venice Biennale, titled 'Foreigners Everywhere,' as first Latin American curator.
- Brazilian pavilion at Venice Biennale renamed Hãhãwpuá, featuring first Indigenous representation.
- Glicéria Tupinambá and collective MAHKU exhibited at the Brazilian pavilion.
- C&AL launched series 'Afroindígenas' examining Afro-Indigenous intersections.
- Martinican curator Caryl Ivrisse Crochemar passed away in 2024.
- C&AL held writing workshops in Santo Domingo, Kingston, Dallas, and online with Pérez Art Museum Miami.
Entities
Artists
- Glicéria Tupinambá
- Olinda Tupinambá
- Maria Lira Marques
- Johan Samboni
- Tessa Mars
- Ismael Davi
- Keila Sankofa
- Anaïs Cheleux
- Julianny Ariza Vólquez
- Macuxi Jaider Esbell
- Caryl Ivrisse Crochemar
- MAHKU collective
- Arissana Pataxó
- Denilson Baniwa
- Gustavo Caboco Wapichana
- Adriano Pedrosa
- Will Furtado
- Marny Garcia Mommertz
- Maya Quilolo
- Ervenshy Hugo Jean Louis
- Matheus Morani
- Rachel Souza
- Kariny Martins
- MAHKU
Institutions
- C& América Latina
- Contemporary And (C&)
- MASP
- Bienal das Amazônias
- 60th Venice Biennale
- Centro Cultural BanReservas
- Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo
- Jamaica Art Society
- Pérez Art Museum Miami
- Caribbean Cultural Institute
- espace d’art contemporain 14N 61W
- 1-54 Forum
- espace d'art contemporain 14N 61W
- C& Patreon
- Venice Biennale
Locations
- Mexico
- Spain
- Belém
- Pará
- Brazil
- São Paulo
- Venice
- Italy
- Minas Gerais
- Cali
- Colombia
- Santo Domingo
- Dominican Republic
- Kingston
- Jamaica
- Dallas
- United States
- Miami
- Martinique
- Haiti
- Guadeloupe
- Cuba
- La Habana
- Abya Yala
- Pindorama
- Belém do Pará
- Havana
- Caribbean
- Hãhãwpuá