ABOUT

The Missing Circle

September 8, 2021–January 8, 2022

KADIST San Francisco
3295 20th Street, CA
94110
kadist.org

The Missing Circle is the culmination of an eponymous series of programs across Latin America, curated by Magalí Arriola and initiated by KADIST in 2017.

The three-year program departed from the shared experience of death and extinction that has traversed Latin America since colonial times, and has unfolded in close collaboration with partner institutions, researchers, and artists in the region through informal conversations, seminars, commissions of new works, and exhibitions.

The Missing Circle is part of KADIST’s international programs devoted to drawing connections between different localities by addressing shared issues, often of global relevance, in close collaboration with partner institutions, researchers, and artists in the region.

THE CURATOR

Magalí Arriola is the director of the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City; she was previously KADIST’s lead curator for Latin America (2017–2019).

COLLABORATORS

The Missing Circle was made possible through the generous support of our partners, individuals, and sponsors.

PARTNERS
Museo Amparo (Puebla, México)
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín (Medellín, Colombia)
Museo Experimental El Eco (México City, México)
Proyectos Ultravioleta (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (Antigua, Guatemala)
Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende (Santiago, Chile)
Universidad de Tarapacá (Arica, Chile)
Transformación Arte y Educación Foundation (Ciudad de México, México)
Patronato Arte Contemporáneo (México City, México)

PARTICIPANTS
Asociación de Mujeres Tejiendo sueños y Sabores de Paz de Mampuján, Pavel Aguilar, Carlos Amorales, Jonathas de Andrade, Edgardo Aragón, Jorge Julián Aristizábal, Devon Bella, Jessica Berlanga Taylor, Adriana Bustos, Fredi Casco, Cath Collins, Manuel Correa, Samuel Ibarra Covarrubias, Miguel Covarrubias, Colin Dayan, Aria Dean, Sam Durant, Luis Felipe Fabre, Lessie Jo Frazier, León Ferrari, Jocelyn Gardner, Beatriz González, Sergio Gonzalez Miranda, Pierre Huyghe, Thomas Keenan, Guillermo Kuitca, Cristóbal Lehyt, Jesse Lerner, Teresa Margoles, Vincent Normand, Jesse Lerner, Noé Martinez, Alfredo López Morales, Cildo Meireles, Eustaquio Neves, Jorge Victoria Ojeda, José Manuel Padial, Alan Page, Godofredo Pereira, Nohemí Pérez, Naufus Ramírez Figueroa, Antonio Reynoso, Rometti Costales, Pablo Swezey, Natalia Valencia, Carla Zaccagnini.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Aimée Labarrere de Servitje
Galería Luisa Strina
Gallery Nils Stærk
Marian Goodman Gallery
Museu de Arte de São Paulo
Office Depot
Paula Cooper gallery New York

KADIST

KADIST believes contemporary artists make an important contribution to a progressive society, their work often addressing key issues of our time. KADIST, a non-profit organization dedicated to exhibiting the work of artists represented in its collection, encourages this engagement and affirms contemporary art’s relevance within social discourse. KADIST’s local hubs in Paris and San Francisco present exhibitions and events, and organize residencies and educational initiatives, as well as producing projects online and via social media. Concurrently, KADIST is actively establishing networks across five areas—North America, Europe, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Latin America—inviting new artists into the collection and initiating collaborative programs, especially exhibitions with museums of each region. Together, they aim at facilitating new connections across cultures and creating vibrant conversations about contemporary art and ideas.

KADIST San Francisco

Asia Programs & Communications
SHONA MEI FINDLAY

Director
MARIE MARTRAIRE / JO-EY TANG

Events
JORDAN STEIN

Design
JUSTIN CARDER

Latin America Programs & Collection
FERNANDA PARTIDA OCHOA

North America Programs & Video Library
AMANDA NUDELMAN

Production
JOE MELAMED

Production Assistants
EHSAN DARBANDI, NICK JOHNSON

Programs & Collection Assistants
JORDAN HOLMS, CHLOE KWIATKOWSKI, CAMILE E. MESSERLEY

Publication Editor & Translator
AÍDA CANTÚ ARTIGAS, NICOLÁS GUERRERO BEGHINKADIST

KADIST Latin America

Advisors
MAGALÍ ARRIOLA (Mexico City), DEVON BELLA (San Francisco), FERNANDA BRENNER (São Paulo), EMILIANO VALDES (Medellín)

Director of Programs
CATALINA LOZANO (Mexico City)