Kandis Williams on Writing a New Fairy Tale for a Solo Show
Kandis Williams, a Berlin-based artist born in Baltimore, is writing a fairy tale for an upcoming solo show. In an interview for the Spring/Summer 2026 issue of AnOther Magazine, she discusses how her experiences as a Black woman traveling between Shanghai and London have shaped her understanding of Blackness, from fetishism to structural exclusion. She argues that new stories are needed rather than reframing existing fairy tales, to provide practices for transformation and survival in the current political and cultural moment. Williams works across collage, film, performance, writing, and publishing via her imprint Cassandra Press, focusing on the erasure and commodification of Black bodies. Her work is in the permanent collections of MoMA in New York, the Hammer Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. The interview is part of the magazine's 25th anniversary issue.
Key facts
- Kandis Williams is writing a fairy tale for a solo show.
- She is based in Berlin and was born in Baltimore.
- She travels between Shanghai and London for work.
- Her work addresses erasure, displacement, and commodification of Black bodies.
- She runs Cassandra Press, an imprint.
- Her work is in MoMA, Hammer Museum, and MOCA LA.
- The interview appears in AnOther Magazine's Spring/Summer 2026 issue.
- The issue marks 25 years of AnOther Magazine.
Entities
Artists
- Kandis Williams
Institutions
- AnOther Magazine
- Cassandra Press
- MoMA
- Hammer Museum
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Locations
- Baltimore
- Berlin
- Shanghai
- London
- New York
- Los Angeles