Public Programs @ The Institute
Series: Great Hall Exhibition Series
Tith Kanitha in Conversation with Sohrab Mohebbi
Monday, November 9, 6:00pm
On the occasion of the Fall 2026 Great Hall Exhibition,Tith Kanitha: ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម Journey into Clarity, The Institute of Fine Arts is pleased to present Tith Kanitha in conversation with Sohrab Mohebbi, Director of SculptureCenter, New York.
The exhibition, featuring new work by Tith, will be her first solo institutional presentation in the United States and her New York debut. Mohebbi was the Kathe and Jim Patrinos Curator of Is it morning for you yet? 58th Carnegie International (2022), for which Tith was the first Cambodian artist included in the exhibition’s 126-year history. Tith and Mohebbi will introduce and contextualize her practice, which moves across film, performance, sculpture, installation, and works on paper. Their conversation will address her work’s engagement with specificities of site and questions of ecology; materiality as a way of holding time and history; and the presentation of international exhibitions amid geopolitical strife.
ស្ដាប់មិនជាក់ កុំអាលញាក់ចិញ្ចើម Journey into Clarity opens November 4, 2026 6–8pm at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts (1 E 78th Street) and will be on view through May 2027.
Tith Kanitha (b. 1987, Phnom Penh, Cambodia) received her BA in Interior Design from the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh. Recent solo presentaions include Cycle of Life at SNA Arts Management, Phnom Penh (2026) and Living in Coiled Time at Art Basel Paris (2025) with ROH Projects. Her work has appeared in the Hawai’i Triennale (2025), the Busan Biennale (2024), and the 58th Carnegie International (2022). Alongside her collaborations with the Cambodian film production company Anti-Archive, Tith has directed two short films, Boding (2014) and the forthcoming Crab. Her work is held in collections including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Singapore Art Museum.
Sohrab Mohebbi is Director of SculptureCenter. Previously he served as the Kathe and Jim Patrinos Curator of the 58th Carnegie International (2022-23).
This exhibition was made possible through the generous support of Valeria NapoleoneXX.
Additional support provided by The Institutum and Joy Wang.
We extend special thanks to the artist, Tith Kanitha. Jennifer Byun, Shreya Dwibedy, Alicia Lee, Phoebe More, Lilia Muscarella, Zia Pao-Ziegler, Daisy Ryan, and Janice Zhai curated the exhibition. Thanks also to Joan Kee, Catherine Quan Damman, Jason Dubs, Sarah Higby, Nadia Rivers, Lisa McGhie, as well as many other IFA faculty and staff for their support. Jason Varone designed the website.
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