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Member Preview Day + Opening Conversation: “Currents 40: Widline Cadet”

May 7, 2026
10:00 am–8:00 pm
Free for Members
Open to all Members

As a Member, enjoy early access to Currents 40: Widline Cadet in the Herzfeld Center for Photography and Media Arts. In her first museum solo exhibition in the United States, artist Widline Cadet debuts her project Seremoni Disparisyon (Ritual [Dis]Appearance) in full. Complete as of 2025, the ambitious series explores Black diasporic life and survival based on Cadet’s lived experience of emigrating from Haiti to the United States. Join us in the evening for a conversation between the artist and Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts.

 

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10 a.m.–8 p.m. | Member-only exhibition access
4–8 p.m. | Thursday Nights at MAM
Live music, cash bar, and snacks for purchase, in Windover Hall
6:15 p.m. | Opening Conversation in Lubar Auditorium
Widline Cadet and Kristen Gaylord, Herzfeld Curator of Photography and Media Arts. Seating for the conversation is first come, first served.

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The Milwaukee Art Museum is grateful to its exhibition sponsors.

 

Image: Widline Cadet (Haitian, b. 1992), Seremoni Disparisyon #1 (Ritual [Dis]Appearance #1) (detail), 2019. Inkjet print. 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.64 cm). Anne-Laure Lematire. © Widline Cadet