Dalton Paula, Zeferina, 2018, oil on canvas, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand–MASP, Gift of the artist in the context of the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition, 2018, MASP.10808. © Dalton Paula
“Afro-Atlantic Futures” is a 5 day international gathering of some of the artists and the curators, from the US and Brazil, whose work is currently being presented at the National Gallery's exhibition “Afro-Atlantic Histories.” It is an initiative of curators Thomas Lax and Hélio Menezes, co-curated with André Lepecki, and generously supported by a Ford Foundation Grant.
After 4 days of intense meetings at the National Gallery in Washington DC and in Performance Studies at NYU, “Afro-Atlantic Futures” will conclude with informal presentations by some of the artists and curators and other guests.
There will be two opportunities for the public to connect with this projec! The event in Washington DC can be attended in-person or streamed online, and the event at NYU will be open to the public to attend in-person.
The Washington DC event will feature the following panelists:
Kanitra Fletcher
Associate Curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art at the National Gallery, and Curator of the Afro-Atlantic Histories US tour
Ayrson Heráclito
Cocurator of Afro-Atlantic Histories at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
Hélio Menezes
Cocurator of Afro-Atlantic Histories at Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil
E. Carmen Ramos
Chief Curatorial and Conservation Officer, National Gallery of Art
Moderated by Molly Donovan, curator of contemporary art and cocurator of Afro-Atlantic Histories at National Gallery of Art.