PCAI collection artist Manthia Diawara participates in the new exhibition of CARA (Center for Art, Research and Alliances) The Earth, the Fire, the Water, and the Winds: For a Museum of Errantry with Édouard Glissant—the first US exhibition of the Martinican poet and philosopher Édouard Glissant’s (1928–2011) personal art collection.
The exhibition reveals a lesser-known dimension of Glissant’s life: his vision for a museum. He conceived of it not as a monument, but as a space capable of holding art, memories, and intertwined histories without reducing them to colonial frameworks.
Artists on view include Victor Anicet, Victor Brauner, Ernest Bréleur, Agustín Cárdenas, Gerardo Chávez, Manthia Diawara, Melvin Edwards, M. Emile, Öyvind Fahlström, José Gamarra, Sylvie Séma Glissant, Serge Hélénon, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Paul Mayer, Gabriela Morawetz, Irving Petlin, Cesare Peverelli, Pancho Quilici, Antonio Seguí, Eduardo Zamora, and Enrique Zañartu.
The Earth, the Fire, the Water, and the Winds: For a Museum of Errantry with Édouard Glissant at CARA is curated by Manuela Moscoso, Executive and Artistic Director, with curatorial assistance by Marian Chudnovsky, in collaboration with Paulo Miyada, Artistic Director, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, and Ana Roman, Artistic Superintendent, Instituto Tomie Ohtake. The exhibition is co-conceived with Mémorial ACTe, the Édouard Glissant Art Fund, and the Institut du Tout-Monde.
Opening: Saturday, February 28, 2026
Duration: February 28 – May 10, 2026
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Activity aligned with Goals 3, 4, 10, 11, 15, 17
