Current Exhibitions

Collected. Propositions on the Permanent Collection

November 12, 2009–March 14, 2010

During our spring 2009 exhibition season, The Studio Museum in Harlem presented Collected. Propositions on the Permanent Collection. Collected offered multiple takes on the Museum’s collection and included over two hundred works of art by over a hundred artists.

30 Seconds off an Inch

November 12, 2009–March 14, 2010

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Clifford Owens, Text Piece (video stills), 2008, Courtesy the artist and On Stellar Rays Gallery, New York, NY

The Studio Museum in Harlem will open the fall/winter season with a major exhibition entitled 30 Seconds off an Inch.

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This season, the Studio Museum continues to explore and engage its permanent collection with the exhibition A Delicate Touch: Watercolors from the Permanent Collection. Presenting eighteen works on paper, A Delicate Touch brings together works dating from the late 1940s to 2007 that share the same medium.

StudioSound: DBR@SMH Volume II: Portraiture

November 12, 2009–March 14, 2010

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As the inaugural StudioSound artist in 2004, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) created DBR@SMH Volume I: Black Man Singing, a classically inspired original composition based on the exhibition Chris Ofili: Afro-Muses 1995–2005.

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Throughout the twentieth century, Harlem has been regarded as a beacon of African-American history and culture.

Wardell Milan: Drawings of Harlem

November 12, 2009–March 14, 2010

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A city within a city, Harlem is in a constant state of flux.