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Light green building with murals of human and animal figures amidst dense tropical foliage.

Dalton Paula builds a contemporary quilombo called Sertão Negro

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Vibrant painting of an Indigenous community by a river in a lush forest, featuring traditional huts, people, and human-shark figures, with a patterned border.

Cipó – Huni Kuin Paintings in the MAR Collection

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An older Indigenous woman stands in an art gallery with patterned textiles and large arched windows.

Sara Flores

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An elderly hand applies intricate brown patterns onto light fabric with a tool.

Sara Flores and the pre-Columbian Designs that Encode Indigenous Cosmology and Healing

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Textile art installation in a gallery, featuring long hanging red and brown ropes and a wavy crocheted piece.

Xa jun ruk’oxomal qanima – A Shared Heartbeat

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A colorful, stylized painting depicts a dense forest with diverse trees, some with red or purple foliage, reflected in a watery foreground where a fox and another animal are visible. Birds perch on dark, cage-like structures hanging from a tree.

Abel Rodríguez/ Mogaje Guihu: El árbol de la vida y la abundancia

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A person looking intently at their own upside-down reflection in a crystal ball.

The Indigenous Sci-fi Love Story about the Climate Crisis and the Power of Language: Itu Ninu

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A vibrant painting of a mythical creature with a red leopard head, feathered body, spotted limbs ending in claws, holding a spear and a flame against a dark, patterned background.

Santiago Yahuarcani: o princípio do conhecimento

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A colorful, detailed drawing on rough paper depicts indigenous figures, mythological animals, and everyday scenes, with vibrant birds, plants, and Portuguese text.

Denilson Baniwa: Yawara Akanga

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Smiling woman with curly hair and pink lipstick, wearing a peach off-shoulder top, gold earrings, and a beaded necklace, looking over her shoulder against a blue background.

Negras Palavras

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A young man with glasses and a hat sits on stone steps, holding a colorful woven bag, next to a weathered wall and a blue door.

Jeff Cán Xicay

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An art installation with red fabric banners displaying text hanging from a central pillar, anchored by stones on a bed of green plant material, in a gallery setting.

Representing the Desires of the Community in the Work of Jeff Cán Xicay

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A person with dark lines on their body squats on a stone block, holding another stone block with red carved text above their head.

Manuel Tzoc: Art as Embodied and Relational Poetry

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A diptych: above, hands extend from a wall over a table with blue and white pottery; below, an art installation of fruits on rocks.

2025 in Review

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Vibrant artwork featuring stylized birds and creatures composed of intricate patterns, lines, and textures.

Macuxi Jaider Esbell: An Indigenous Life Cut Short by Epistemic Extractivism

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Not for Sale: How Black and Indigenous artists are rewriting the rules of the art market

Not for Sale: How Black and Indigenous artists are rewriting the rules of the art market

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Afro-Indigenous Memory in the Work of Maria Lira Marques

Afro-Indigenous Memory in the Work of Maria Lira Marques

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Johan Samboni: Rewriting Urban Histories

Johan Samboni: Rewriting Urban Histories

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Keila Sankofa: Fictionalizing Gaps of the Past

Keila Sankofa: Fictionalizing Gaps of the Past

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Indigenous Histories: Stories told, and many more still untold

Indigenous Histories: Stories told, and many more still untold

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