Jennifer Allora (b. 1974, Philadelphia, USA) and Guillermo Calzadilla (b. 1971, Havana, Cuba) are a collaborative duo of visual artists working through a research-based approach. Their practice traces intersections of history, material culture, ecology, and politics, using a multiplicity of artistic media that include performance, sculpture, sound, video, and photography. Since the beginning of their collaborative practice in 1995, Allora & Calzadilla have presented solo exhibitions at some of the world’s most important museums including: Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2022); The Menil Collection, Houston (2020); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2019); Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (2019); MAXXI, Rome (2018); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010); Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin (2008); and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2008); Serpentine Gallery, London (2007), among others. In 2011 they represented the United States of America at the 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia with the ambitious project Glória—a performative critique of the narratives and symbols that overlap in America’s political, cultural, and economic nationalism. In 2015, they made the site-specific installation Puerto Rican Light (Cueva Vientos), a Dia Art Foundation commission on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The first mid-career retrospective of the artistic duo is on view at Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto until October 2023.