KADIST is closing its Mission District gallery after 14 years and shifting emphasis to international collaborations that curate and connect artists with museums. The gallery is known locally for rotating window displays overlooking Folsom Street and for mounting two major exhibitions annually that total about seven months, plus roughly eight public programs per year. KADIST is headquartered in Paris and owns a collection of 2,400 artworks from 120 countries. Operations receive private funding from a French family. The organization does not plan layoffs and states the closure is not due to lack of funding. The San Francisco branch will host a farewell event.
KADIST, the art gallery at 20th and Folsom streets known for its video and modern art, is shutting its Mission District outpost after 14 years. Instead the organization will continue to shift focus to international collaborations curating and connecting artists with museums. Most Mission residents may know the gallery best for its rotating window displays overlooking Folsom Street - a neon green marijuana leaf for a few months gives way to another neon sign exhibition by artist Mungo Thomson.
"Over the last 10 years, we've shifted more and more of our attention and work to international collaborations with museums in different parts of the Americas and the world, so while we are closing this venue, KADIST is continuing," said Joseph Del Pesco, the gallery's Americas director. The gallery has another outpost in Paris, and Del Pesco said the closure has nothing to do with lack of funding.
The San Francisco branch is hosting a " Farewell in Four Parts" event on Saturday at its space at 3295 20th St. at Folsom featuring a "musical interpretation of historical paintings," a book reading, and the artwork of more than a dozen artists from Paul Kos to René Magritte. KADIST's most recent tax form, from 2023, shows $18,492,971 in summary of direct charitable activities. This is a far higher figure than in 2022, when it was only $1,329,224.
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