Jeanne Jaffe: Becoming Hybrid, Emilio Martinez: Freedom From Fear. At L’Space
Art critic Dominick Lombardi explores the compelling dialogue between Jeanne Jaffe and Emilio Martinez at L’Space, where hybrid bodies, faith, migration, humor, and resistance converge into two distinct yet deeply connected artistic worlds.
Happy Birthday Antonio Caro. (1950 – 2021)
A tribute essay to Antonio Caro (1950–2021) by Yohanna M. Roa, revisiting the 2014 postcard book published by Fundación Humana Integral and the exhibition Caro es de Todos. A reflection on his lasting relevance, conceptual rigor, and influence on Latin American visual culture.
Feliz cumpleaños Antonio. (1950 – 2021)
Obituario-homenaje a Antonio Caro (1950–2021), escrito por Yohanna M. Roa, revisitando el libro Postales de Antonio Caro (Fundación Humana Integral, 2014) y la exposición Caro es de Todos. Una reflexión sobre su vigencia, legado conceptual y presencia en la cultura visual latinoamericana.
Estéticas Decoloniales y Resistencias Encarnadas
Las prácticas artísticas feministas y decoloniales de Cali desafían las estructuras coloniales desde la memoria, el cuerpo y la imaginación política.
Este ensayo de Yohanna M. Roa presenta las obras de Vanessa Quintero Castañeda, Yohanna M. Roa, Saro Agustina Pachón y Andrea Valencia, cuyas propuestas entrelazan memoria ancestral, transfeminismo, resistencia y relecturas críticas de la historia.
El arte se convierte en herramienta de desobediencia, sanación y transformación colectiva.
Decolonial Aesthetics and Embodied Resistance
An analysis of contemporary decolonial feminist artistic practices from Cali, exploring bodies, memory, and resistance through photography, performance, transfeminist art, and political craft. Featuring Vanessa Quintero Castañeda, Yohanna M. Roa, Saro Agustina Pachón, and Andrea Valencia.
Ruin and Flight: Counterhistories and Simulation in The Wayfinders
A critical review of Peggy Ahwesh’s The Wayfinders, a feminist counterarchive blending ruin, simulation, and decolonial historiography in a major NYC video installation.
Cosmologies, Affects, Allyships: Decolonial Resonances in Polish Contemporary Art
News In a moment when decolonial discourse is being rewritten, rerouted, and stretched across geographies once assumed to be impermeable, the question of how decolonization unfolds from Eastern Europe acquires an unexpected resonance. That was the wager of the panel “Cosmologies, Affects, Allyships: Decolonial Resonances in Polish Contemporary Art,” sponsored by SHERA and presented virtually […]
Las siete vidas de Carla Stellweg
Bandung, 8 de junio de 1942 – Cuernavaca, México, 20 de octubre de 2025 Por Yohanna M. Roa Carla Stellweg y Martha Wilson en WhiteBox, Spring Benefit 2012, Ciudad de Nueva York. Archivo de WBX Carla Stellweg (1942–2025) fue editora, curadora, gestora cultural, archivista, investigadora, escritora, ensayista, profesora e historiadora del arte. A lo largo […]
The Seven Lives of Carla Stellweg
(Bandung, June 8, 1942 – Cuernavaca, Mexico, October 20, 2025)By Yohanna M. Roa Carla Stellweg and Martha Wilson at WhiteBox, Spring Benefit 2012, New York City Carla Stellweg (1942–2025) was an editor, curator, cultural manager, archivist, researcher, writer, essayist, professor, and art historian. Throughout six decades, she worked transdisciplinarily, moving between the museum, the gallery, […]
Unyielding Bodies I, Book Release
INES Magazina launches its first printed publication: Unyielding Bodies I. Theory, Practice, Feminisms, and DissidencesEditor: Yohanna M. RoaBilingual Edition: English/Spanish Book Cover – English & Spanish Editions. Cover images: María Evelia Marmolejo, Anonymous 1, Body art. Plazoleta del C.A.M., Cali, Colombia, 1981 Photo: Fabio Arango Courtesy of the artist INES Magazina proudly announces the release […]