KADIST

〰️ Bringing contemporary art to a progressive society through collaborations

KADIST is a non-profit contemporary art organization that believes artists make an important contribution to a progressive society through their artwork, which often addresses key issues relevant to the present day. Dedicated to exhibiting the work of artists—from more than one hundred countries—represented in its collection, KADIST affirms contemporary art’s role within social discourse, and faci

litates new connections across cultures. With a hub in Paris and staff and advisors on five continents, KADIST organizes exhibitions, physical and online programs, and hosts residencies. KADIST stays apprised of developments in contemporary art via a global advisor network, and develops collaborations internationally, including with leading museums, fostering vibrant conversations about contemporary art and society.

09/04/2026

🪡 What stories can woven thread carry?

Now on view as part of Threads of Kinship at He Art Museum ()

In El viaje de Yibo (2024), Angélica Serech () draws on the tradition of weaving güipiles—textiles that carry Mayan histories, identities, and ancestral knowledge. Treating textile as a form of visual language, her work traces how memory, knowledge, and women’s labor move across generations.

Bringing together 44 artists, the exhibition explores histories of care, autonomy, and chosen kinship through material practices.

📍 He Art Museum, Shunde, China
🗓️ Through Jun 30, 2026

📷️ Threads of Kinship, installation view, He Art Museum. Co-presented by KADIST and He Art Museum. Photo by Chen Yuxin, © He Art Museum • Angélica Serech, El viaje de Yibo [Yibo’s Journey] (2024), Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection

06/03/2026

🧵 Opening Soon: Threads of Kinship⁠
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📍 He Art Museum, Shunde, China⁠
🗓️ Mar 16 – Jun 30, 2026⁠
⭐ Official Opening: March 23, 2026, 3 pm; HEM Lobby (1F)⁠
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KADIST and the He Art Museum present the second edition of 'Threads of Kinship,' bringing together 44 artists exploring histories of care, autonomy, and chosen kinship through material practices.⁠
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Building on its first iteration at KADIST Paris, this presentation expands the dialogue with the legacy of Guangdong’s Self-Comb Sisters—women who chose collective life through silk production as a path to independence.⁠
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Curated by Shona Mei Findlay, Yuan Fuca, and Marie Martraire (KADIST) in conversation with the He Art Museum curatorial team.

Artworks by Chen Jialu & Self-Comb Sisters • Wang Ye • Bayrol Jiménez • Xyza Cruz Bacani • Hu Yinping • Subash Thebe Limbu • Santiago Borja • Tarik Kiswanson

Learn more about the exhibition: https://kadist.org/program/threads-of-kinship-shunde/

27/02/2026

To celebrate the release of Meriem Bennani’s () new feature film ‘Bouchra’ (2025), we’re looking back at ‘FLY’ (2016), a video installation in the 🎬✨⁠
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Originally commissioned for Bennani’s first solo exhibition at MoMA PS1, ‘FLY’ was conceived as an immersive, multi-projector environment inspired by the mosaic vision of a fly’s eye. In its single-channel form, the work unfolds through scenes shot in Bennani’s hometown of Rabat—family interviews, an open-air market, a wedding—reassembled through surreal digital manipulations.⁠
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An animated fruit fly guides us through the film, mischievously weaving through markets, medinas, and private celebrations. Moving between documentation and magical realism, 'FLY' constructs an augmented, non-linear universe that sharpens the contradictions and oddities of everyday life. 🦟⁠
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📷 Installation views of ‘Meriem Bennani: FLY’ at MoMA PS1, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist and MoMA PS1. Photo by Pablo Enriquez.

20/02/2026

[eng] En el marco de la colaboración entre Artishock y KADIST, presentamos una nueva entrega de nuestro ciclo de videoarte latinoamericano 🎥✨⁠
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Este mes exhibimos 'Grabador Fantasma' (2018), de Adrián Balseca (Quito, 1989) en colaboración con Fundación Kara Solar , obra perteneciente a la colección de KADIST.⁠
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La selección está curada por Alejandra Villasmil, editora de Artishock, y forma parte de una serie mensual dedicada a ampliar el acceso al videoarte latinoamericano a través de KADIST TV, plataforma digital que reúne cientos de obras curadas internacionalmente.⁠
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🔗 Mira el video completo en KADIST.tv.⁠
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[esp] As part of the collaboration between Artishock and KADIST, we present a new installment of our Latin American video art series 🎥✨⁠
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This month, we feature 'Phantom Recorder' (2018) by Adrián Balseca (Quito, 1989) in collaboration with Fundación Kara Solar , a work in the KADIST collection.⁠
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The selection is curated by Alejandra Villasmil, editor of Artishock, and is part of a monthly series dedicated to expanding access to Latin American video art through KADIST TV, a digital platform featuring hundreds of works curated internationally.⁠
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🔗 Watch the full video on KADIST.tv.⁠
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→ Access available with registration at KADIST.org.

16/02/2026

🎥 Vídeoarte latinoamericano en KADIST.tv ⁠
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Ve el canal en continua evolución curado por la editora de , Alejandra Villasmil⁠
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Desde vídeos basados en el performance hasta formas experimentales de documental, este canal reúne obras críticas que exploran el movimiento, la ecología, la memoria y las historias sociales y políticas a través de enfoques innovadores de la imagen en movimiento.⁠
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Con obras de Enrique Ramírez (), María Teresa Hincapié, Amapola Prada (), Tania Candiani (), Alexandre Arrechea (), Juan Obando (), Miguel Ángel Ríos (.angel.rios), Ulrik López Medel (), Clarissa Tossin () y Adrián Balseca () ✨⁠
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Y nuevos vídeos añadidos cada mes.
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🎥 Latin American Video Art streaming on KADIST.tv ⁠
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Watch the evolving channel curated by editor Alejandra Villasmil⁠
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From performance-based videos to experimental documentary forms, this channel brings together critical works that explore movement, ecology, memory, and social and political histories through innovative approaches to the moving image.⁠
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With works by Enrique Ramírez (), María Teresa Hincapié, Amapola Prada (), Tania Candiani (), Alexandre Arrechea (), Juan Obando (), Miguel Ángel Ríos (.angel.rios), Ulrik López Medel (), Clarissa Tossin (), and Adrián Balseca () ✨⁠
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And new videos added monthly.
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🎬 Clarissa Tossin, ‘Ch’u Mayaa’ (2017)⁠, video excerpt courtesy the artist

13/02/2026

'Defining Self-Sufficiency' (1990) is part of a series of self-portraits by Oladélé Ayiboyé Bamgboyé. Through layered images and multiple exposures, the artist blurs identity, gender, and time, creating a figure that both draws in and resists the viewer’s gaze. Rooted in the legacy of African studio portraiture, the work challenges stereotypes and the fetishization of the Black body, using photography as a space for self-definition and autonomy.

↗ Learn more: https://kadist.org/work/defining-self-sufficiency/

📷 Oladélé Ayiboyé Bamgboyé, Defining Self-Sufficiency (1990) | Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection

11/02/2026

🎬 Double Takes: Ménagerie de verre × KADIST
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[𝐟𝐫] Ce printemps 2026, KADIST s’associe à la Ménagerie de verre dans le cadre de Double Takes, un programme de projections et d’installations issues de la collection KADIST. Inspiré par les thématiques du festival Les Inaccoutumés, écritures contemporaines, expérimentation des formes, relation au corps et gestes performatifs, il prolonge l’expérience scénique et crée un dialogue entre arts visuels et arts vivants.

[𝐞𝐧𝐠] This spring 2026, KADIST partners with La Ménagerie de verre for Double Takes, a program of artist film and video screenings from the KADIST Collection. Exploring festival themes, contemporary writing, experimentation with forms, the body, and performative gestures, it extends the live performance experience and fosters a dialogue between visual and performing arts.
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⏜ Double Takes: Les Inaccoutumés Festival ⁠
↗ 12 rue Léchevin, 75011 Paris, France⁠
↗ From March 12 to April 2, 2026⁠
↗ https://kadist.org/program/double-takes-les-inaccoutumes-festival/
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👁️ Featuring ‘Soft Materials’, 2004, Daria Martin I ‘Blue Elbow (Coude Bleu)’, 2015, Jumana Manna I ‘Untitled (Wave)’, 2021, Anne Imhof I ‘She’s gone’, 2009, Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda I ‘Board’, 1993, John Wood & Paul Harrison. Courtesy the artists⁠,

07/02/2026

‘Cielo, Paloma, Viento’ 🌬️🕊️⁠
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KADIST, OaxacaCine y Cinema Antena presentan la proyección de tres películas de artistas de la colección de KADIST.⁠
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🎬 ‘Above All’ (2025) de Enar de Dios Rodríguez�⁠
🎬 ‘Cucli’ (2016) de Xavier Marrades�()⁠
🎬 ‘The Wind’ (2024) de Lenka Clayton () y Phillip Andrew Lewis ()⁠
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Entre espacios aéreos en disputa, vínculos frágiles entre especies y el viento como protagonista sutil, las tres películas nos sintonizan con fuerzas invisibles —climáticas, emocionales y espirituales— que silenciosamente moldean nuestras vidas.�
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📍 OaxacaCine�12 de febrero de 2026, 7 pm (puertas abren a las 6:30 pm)�Matamoros #404, Oaxaca Centro⁠
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📍 Cinema Antena�13 de febrero de 2026, 7 pm�⁠
El Panteón, San Agustín Etla, Oaxaca⁠
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🎟️ Entrada libre · No se requiere registro previo⁠
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‘Cielo, Paloma, Viento’ 🌬️🕊️⁠
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KADIST, OaxacaCine, and Cinema Antena present a screening of three films by artists in the KADIST collection.⁠
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🎬 Above All (2025) by Enar de Dios Rodríguez⁠
🎬 Cucli (2016) by Xavier Marrades ()⁠
🎬 The Wind (2024) by Lenka Clayton () and Phillip Andrew Lewis ()⁠
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Across contested airspaces, fragile bonds between species, and the wind as an understated protagonist, these films attune us to the invisible forces—climatic, emotional, and spiritual—that quietly shape our lives.⁠
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📍 OaxacaCine�February 12, 2026, 7 pm (doors open 6:30 pm)�⁠
Matamoros #404, Oaxaca Centro⁠
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📍 Cinema Antena�February 13, 2026, 7 pm�⁠
El Panteón, San Agustín Etla, Oaxaca⁠
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🎟️ Free admission · No pre-registration required⁠
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📷️ Fotogramas/Film stills: Xavier Marrades, ‘Cucli’ (2025); Enar de Dios Rodríguez, ‘Above All’ (2025); Lenka Clayton & Phillip Andrew Lewis, ‘The Wind’ (2024)

06/02/2026

Introducing Anna Harsanyi, KADIST's first Curatorial Fellow ✨ Over the next 18 months in Paris, she will develop an exhibition and a series of public programs drawing on KADIST’s resources, including its international collection, while working closely with the KADIST Paris team, guest curators, and international partners.

Anna Harsanyi is a curator, educator and arts manager. She is dedicated to presenting art in a non-art context and creating sites that invite participation from audiences outside of the art community. Her projects explore the visual language, political potential, and social choreography of everyday life.

She recently worked as Associate Curator at Creative Time, where she led CTHQ, a gathering space for art and political engagement and was part of the curatorial team of the Creative Time Summit 2024. Independently, she has organized cross-cultural and site-specific projects in New York, Saint Petersburg, and Seoul; commissioned works on hidden histories for The New School Centennial; and collaborated on a series of events centered on play.

Some of her favorite artworks in the include:
• Alexandra Pirici, Parthenon Marbles, 2017
• Anca and Arnold Benera and Estefán, Rehearsals for Peace, 2023
• Asli Çavusoglu, The Devrek Sun Agricultural Development Cooperative, 2020
• Basma Alsharif, Deep Sleep, 2014
• Rahima Gambo, Instruments of Air, 2020
• Ghita Skali, The Hole’s Journey, 2020
• Binta Diaw, 1.12.44, 2023
• siren eun young jung, I am not going to sing, 2015

📸 Ally Caple

30/01/2026

Remembering the River Kwai 🕯️

Saroot Supasuthivech is a Thai artist whose work explores sites, memory, and history through moving-image “reassemblages” that merge tangible remnants with mystical narratives.

Now part of the , River Kwai: This Memorial Service was Held in the Memory of the Deceased (2022) is a two-channel video installation reflecting on the thousands who died building the Burma Railway. Filmed at Krasae Cave, now a tourist site, the work shifts between a memorial performance and spectators recording on their phones, rendered ghostly through an X-ray-like filter.

The installation examines how spectacle and tourism can normalize violence, turning remembrance into performance while exposing the fragile line between memory, entertainment, and historical amnesia.

Learn more: https://kadist.org/work/river-kwai-this-memorial-service-was-held-in-the-memory-of-the-deceased/

📷 Saroot Supasuthivech, River Kwai: This Memorial Service was Held in the Memory of the Deceased (2022), video stills | Courtesy the artist, KADIST collection

28/01/2026

🫂 "Joy is really a place that makes us vibrate, that reminds us that we are human beings, that we’re not just enduring a world, that sometimes overwhelms us, that is beyond our control."

A look back at 'The Fabric of Resistance,' a conversation organized with the French media La Déferlante. Talk with Jeanne Friot and Kiyémis, moderated by Christelle Murhula.

📹 Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/gjBEXWPzAsk?si=n-dhGhfL-wAW5etb

🎥 Vincent Peugnet, Alexia Demars

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