Conjuring sensations of humidity, heat, and scent, Pao Houa Her evokes the complexities of national imaginaries reflecting on longing for home 🏡

Through vibrant cotton, heart-shaped cutouts, and raw emotion, Fernanda Laguna's ‘¡Qué triste estoy!’ embodies her deeply personal and political practice 💔💧

📍Melbourne, ‘Place Made After the Story’ | February 28, 2025 KADIST and Composite present ‘Place Made After the Story’ a screening event bringing together the works of Edwina Green, Eugenia Lim, Kim Munro, Emilija Škarnulyte, and more:

Open Tongue 🗣️⁠ join the award-winning author of ‘Dead in Long Beach, California’ Venita Blackburn and McSweeney’s Quarterly editor Rita Bullwinkel in conversation. 📅 Saturday, February 15, 2025, 3-5pm 📍 KADIST San Francisco Free Admission

Join our curator's tour today in SF! Free admission, at 2pm. More info here:

Open Arms 💃 An evening of multi-genre performance curated by Weaving Spirits Festival in collaboration between CounterPulse and KADIST San Francisco. 📅 Thursday, February 6, 2025 🕒 8pm 📍 CounterPulse 🎟️Tickets available on a sliding scale -

Curator’s Tour 👁️ Join KADIST San Francisco Director Jo-ey Tang to experience three audio-visual works by Indira Allegra, Tony Cokes, and Joe Namy, as part of the exhibition ‘Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions’. Thursday, January 23, 2pm

A stream divides, but prayer transcends. Rushdi Anwar’s 'The Invisible Line' reflects Kurdistan’s fractured identity ⬛️

Imagining a future of deep human-animal connection with Patricia Domínguez 🦜

What traces do invisible passengers leave behind? More on

Thank you to Whitewall and Laurent Moïsi for highlighting KADIST’s mission to amplify artists’ voices worldwide 🗞️📰 Read the full article here:

Through the silver lens, Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s ‘LUSTRER’ merges photography, history, and reflection, revealing hidden connections between bodies, objects, and the past:

Only a few days left to visit ‘Les Frontières sont des animaux nocturnes | Sienos yra naktiniai gyvūnai’ at KADIST Paris 🦉

What color do your see? 🚨

This week in Beijing: ‘Track II’ 🎥 A screening part of KADIST’s Double Takes at DRC No.12, exploring environment & alternative narratives, featuring works by Edith Dekyndt, Charlotte Moth & more :

Real or invented? 🌋 Discover the story of the Popocachtli volcano, told by the Insterspecifics collective:

Modernization meets fragility along the Yellow River 🎞️ Zhang Kechun’s poetic series reflects the impact of industrialization on nature and local life, blending contemporary photography with echoes of traditional Chinese painting:

Don’t miss Ta’ziyeh on December 19 & 20 at fluent, Santander! 🎭 A two-day program exploring catharsis and resilience through the lens of Iranian theatre and global geopolitics with works from the #KADISTcollection. See the full program and register here:

"The New Horizon of AI Art" 💬 🗞️ Thank you @ArtReview_ and Clara Young for this great article on "Apophenia, Interruptions: Artists and Artificial Intelligence at Work". On view through January 6, 2025 at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

The American West through Sam Contis's lens 📸 see more here: