Vilanismo
Vilanismo
Vilanismo
Photo from Cortejo Negro, 2024
Courtesy of the artists
Photo: Rodrigo Zaim
Photo from Cortejo Negro, 2024
Courtesy of the artists
Photo: Rodrigo Zaim


Vilanismo (founded in 2021, São Paulo) is a collective of twelve Black men focused on creating spaces of resistance and affirmation within the art circuit. They value ancestral knowledge, Afro-Indigenous experiences, and collaborative construction, emphasizing autonomy and sustainable approaches. Through their work, they reject historical stereotypes and fetishes imposed on Black bodies, subverting normative expectations and celebrating cultural abundance. The group has participated in events such as Baile do Vilanismo (Edifício Misericórdia, São Paulo) and the “Black Masculinities” conversation-performance (Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo).
This participation is supported by The Order of New Arts.