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Art and Decolonisation

Focussing on colonial legacies in art. We draw together the work of artists, academics, curators, writers and researchers in the spheres of decolonisation, de-colonial and post-colonial studies. Critical questions of race, gender, indigeneity and sexuality are explored.

Research has been developed in collaboration with project partner Museu de Arte de São Paulo, and Afterall journal partners M HKA, Antwerp; the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto; NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.




Afterall MASP Art and Decolonisation

Since 2017, Afterall has been working with the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) to explore practices that question and critique colonial legacies in contemporary artmaking, curation, teaching and critical art writing. Collaborating to produce research in the spheres of decolonisation, de-colonial and post-colonial studies, Afterall and MASP have engaged artists, academics, curators, writers and researchers from around the world to formulate critical and conceptual tools to conceptually reinterpret and practically transform art and its institutions. Questions of race, gender, indigeneity and sexuality are critical to this research.“

Here are gathered video recordings and newly commissioned and/or translated texts produced as part of this collaboration, including material gathered from seminar events held at MASP, Central Saint Martins and online.



MASP videos


Research has been developed in collaboration with project partner Museu de Arte de São Paulo, and Afterall journal partners M HKA, Antwerp; the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of TorontoNTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.

Rosina Becker do Valle, Índio da floresta (Caboclo), 1963