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Resonating with the Biennale’s theme, In Minor Keys, envisioned by the late Koyo Kouoh, The Bahamas Pavilion presents In Another Man’s Yard: John Beadle, Lavar Munroe, and the Spirit of (Posthumous) Collaboration, curated by Krista Thompson. The Pavilion stages an intergenerational dialogue grounded in the traditional festival Junkanoo, material transformation, and the power of collective artistic practice.

The 36th edition of the Bienal de São Paulo is led by chief curator Professor Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, together with a conceptual team of co-curators Alya Sebti, Anna Roberta Goetz and Thiago de Paula Souza, as well as co-curator at large Keyna Eleison.

This residency programme focuses on Afro-diasporic heritage, post-colonial dynamics, and transatlantic exchanges by bringing together artists: Gabriela de Matos (Brazil), Tiganá Santana (Brazil), Anne-Lise Agossa (Côte d'Ivoire), and Olufèmi Hinson Yovo (Benin), under the curatorial guidance of Cindy Sissokho (France).

The Orgullo Nacional [National Pride] exhibition showcases recent works by José Morbán and challenges the Dominican national ego and the ways in which history and identity are “constructed” or “erected” from positions of power.