Indigenous artists, curators and collectives now occupy spaces that were once closed to them — museums, biennials and international circuits. But entering these institutions also creates tension for them, and exposes those who do so to the risk of being co-opted by the market.

Laura Burocco (CRIA campus Iscte) has published ‘Uma década do movimento de Arte Indígena Contemporânea no Brasil: um caminho transgeracional coletivo em rede’ in the Revista Digital do LAV (vol. 19, no. 1, 2026).

The article analyses the consolidation of Contemporary Indigenous Art over the last decade, highlighting its collective, transgenerational and politically engaged nature. It acknowledges progress, but points out contradictions and warns of potential co-optation by the art market. It concludes that this is an expanding critical field, where aesthetics, politics and cosmology intertwine to challenge the universalism and competitive logics of Western knowledge.