Dalton Paula at Sertão Negro

Lisson Gallery presents its debut solo exhibition 'Infâncias Negras' with acclaimed Brazilian artist Dalton Paula, featuring a powerful new body of work that reclaims and re-centers Black childhoods as vital spaces of joy, memory, resilience, and cultural continuity. 

Sertão Negro was founded by Brazilian artist Dalton Paula and scholar Ceiça Ferreira as a centre for artistic practice, environmental care, and collective learning, located in the Cerrado biome in central Brazil. Rooted in a dialogue with the quilombo traditions of the Território Kalunga, Sertão Negro honors ancestral ways of living and resisting, weaving these histories into its vision of cultural and ecological sovereignty.

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