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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Indigenous Histories

Duhigó, Monkey Hammock, 2019.

Rasmus Meyers allé 7, 5015 Bergen, Norway

The word “histórias” in Portuguese does not read the same as “histories” in English. While the latter refers to the text we study in our history books, the former refers to tales of both fiction and non fiction, as well as oral histories and personal accounts. This exhibition at Kode Bergen focuses on the histórias—not histories—of Indigenous people from the Americas, Oceania, and Scandinavia, from the period before European colonization to the present. One hundred-and-seventy artists are presenting 285 works in a cacophony of color. —Elena Clavarino

Photo courtesy of the MASP