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Presented By: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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LACS Exhibition. Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador

February 2-26, 2026 | International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall

A promotional banner for the LACS exhibition titled "BACK IN BAHIA: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador." The background shows an indoor gallery space featuring a neon sign for "PROJETOAFRO.COM," a collage of small artworks on a black pillar, and open books on a display table. In the background, a red flag with a black and white circular emblem is visible. The exhibition runs from February 2–26, 2026, at the International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall. Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities. A promotional banner for the LACS exhibition titled "BACK IN BAHIA: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador." The background shows an indoor gallery space featuring a neon sign for "PROJETOAFRO.COM," a collage of small artworks on a black pillar, and open books on a display table. In the background, a red flag with a black and white circular emblem is visible. The exhibition runs from February 2–26, 2026, at the International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall. Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities.
A promotional banner for the LACS exhibition titled "BACK IN BAHIA: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador." The background shows an indoor gallery space featuring a neon sign for "PROJETOAFRO.COM," a collage of small artworks on a black pillar, and open books on a display table. In the background, a red flag with a black and white circular emblem is visible. The exhibition runs from February 2–26, 2026, at the International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall. Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities.
Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador
Curator: Ryan B. Morrison | Curatorial Assistant: Isabella H. de Lemos

February 2-26, 2026, International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall

Back in Bahia: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador traces one of the largest repatriation efforts of Afro-Brazilian art to date. Led by the Detroit-based nonprofit Con/Vida: Popular Arts of the Americas, the initiative is returning more than 750 works of Afro-Brazilian popular art to Salvador, Bahia, where they will enter the collection of the National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (MUNCAB). Built over three decades through sustained relationships with artists, families, and workshops across Northeastern Brazil, the collection reflects the creative ingenuity, community memory, and diasporic traditions that define Afro-Brazilian popular art.

This exhibition highlights selected works from the broader repatriation effort, recognizing the artists and cultural stewards in Brazil and Michigan who made this historic return possible. Featured are woodcut prints by João Francisco Borges, Nilo dos Santos, Givanildo Francisco da Silva, and José Miguel da Silva, alongside examples of literatura de cordel—popular printed booklets that combine social commentary, folklore, poetry, and song.

Further reading and details are available in Portuguese and English at https://myumi.ch/61G23.

Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities
A promotional banner for the LACS exhibition titled "BACK IN BAHIA: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador." The background shows an indoor gallery space featuring a neon sign for "PROJETOAFRO.COM," a collage of small artworks on a black pillar, and open books on a display table. In the background, a red flag with a black and white circular emblem is visible. The exhibition runs from February 2–26, 2026, at the International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall. Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities. A promotional banner for the LACS exhibition titled "BACK IN BAHIA: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador." The background shows an indoor gallery space featuring a neon sign for "PROJETOAFRO.COM," a collage of small artworks on a black pillar, and open books on a display table. In the background, a red flag with a black and white circular emblem is visible. The exhibition runs from February 2–26, 2026, at the International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall. Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities.
A promotional banner for the LACS exhibition titled "BACK IN BAHIA: The Repatriation Journey of Afro-Brazilian Art from Detroit to Salvador." The background shows an indoor gallery space featuring a neon sign for "PROJETOAFRO.COM," a collage of small artworks on a black pillar, and open books on a display table. In the background, a red flag with a black and white circular emblem is visible. The exhibition runs from February 2–26, 2026, at the International Institute Gallery, 547 Weiser Hall. Presented by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Institute for the Humanities.

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