Mario Andrés Rodriguez reflects on the lived politics of Caribbean music in his review of Dancing The Revolution: From Dancehall to Reggaeton, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
Burnaway is excited to announce Open Book, our first editorial book club! Held in-person and virtually, Open Book is a literary program for curious readers who are interested in engaging with stories touching on both art and our coverage region of the South and Caribbean.
For Burnaway’s STORM SIGNAL theme, Tedecia Bromfield profiles the analog and digital assemblages, consisting of everything from handmade paper to serpentine forms, found in the work of St. Thomas-based artist Sonn Ngai.
Lucy Sternbach reviews Puerto Rican artists Natalia Lassalle-Morillo and Gloria Morillo’s collaborative film installation of Retiro for In Minor Keys at the 61st Venice Biennale.
Carlos Nuñez and Maria Owen reflect on the 2026 Whitney Biennial, discussing its aesthetics and global-regional connectivity alongside featured works by Southern and Caribbean artists.
Haitian artist M. Florine Démosthène discusses her sculptural practice, shrines, and Black diaspora perspectives with Natalie Willis Whylly.
Natalie Willis Whylly situates diaspora-based textile artist Gio Swaby’s Black feminist portraiture in its original Bahamian context.
Isabella Marie Garcia analyzes privilege and representation as they relate to depictions of Lucumí and Abakuá spirituality in Cuban art and within Miami museum exhibitions featuring the work of Belkis Ayón and Elliot & Erick Jiménez.
Justin Chance interviews sculptor, writer, and educator Abigail Lucien, who explores language alongside motifs of enclosure and liminal space, in their work.
