Past Exhibitions

Kori Newkirk: 1997-2007

November 14, 2007-March 9, 2008

Kori Newkirk, Void of Silence, 2001, Courtesy The Project, New York

Kori Newkirk, Void of Silence, 2001, Courtesy The Project, New York

Kori Newkirk (b. 1970) is a celebrated multidisciplinary artist whose conceptual practice is based on transforming modest materials into loaded signifiers that question both cultural and aesthetic notions of beauty.

Labor, Love, Live: Collection in Context

January 9—March 9, 2008

Elizabeth Catlett-Mora, Separation, 1954, The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist 72.9.5

Elizabeth Catlett-Mora, Separation, 1954, The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of the artist 72.9.5

Labor, Love, Live: Collection in Context presents an intimate selection of works on paper from The Studio Museum in Harlem’s permanent collection.

Lorna Simpson: Duet

April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007

Lorna Simpson, Duet (film still), 2000

Lorna Simpson, Duet (film still), 2000

For nearly three decades, artist, photographer and filmmaker Lorna Simpson has challenged traditional visual media and how they represent the female African-American body.

Henry Taylor: Sis and Bra

April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007

Henry Taylor, Sis and Bra, 2004

Henry Taylor, Sis and Bra, 2004

After years of working odd jobs-including a ten-year stint as a psychiatric technician-the painter Henry Taylor is finally receiving acclaim as one of today’s most engaging emerging artists.

Philosophy of Time Travel

April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007

Philosophy of Time Travel

Philosophy of Time Travel

What if history had a mind of its own, moving from the past, through the present and into the future? A team of five artists is exploring this idea with a large-scale installation, Philosophy of Time Travel, opening April 11, 2007, at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

More-in-Store featuring Kikkerland®

July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007

Kikkerland

Kikkerland

The Studio Museum Store appeals to the young, the young-at-heart, the art aficionado and the collector of the charming oddity. Kikkerland’s artfully designed gadgets are tongue-in-cheek in their simplicity and vivacity.

StudioSound

April 11, 2007—July 1, 2007

Music for Architecture (Volume 1) by Peter Adjaye

Music for Architecture (Volume 1) by Peter Adjaye

StudioSound invites musicians, producers and musical innovators to create original compositions inspired by the works on view.

Harlem Postcards

July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007

Harlem Postcards

Harlem Postcards

Represented, revered, and recognized by people around the world, Harlem is a continually expanding nexus of black culture, history and iconography.

Shift in Focus: Expanding the Walls 2007 Student Exhibition

Shift in Focus: Expanding the Walls 2007 Student Exhibition

When young photographers turn a conscious eye on the world, mundane moments gain the clarity and beauty of fresh perspective.

David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings

July 18, 2007—October 28, 2007

David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings

David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings

In London, a cube floats above rows of brick buildings and blends in with the sky on a partly cloudy day. Much like a cake, it is built in layers, though these layers are each composed of vertical beams of color and light. It is the award-winning Idea Store in Whitechapel, a building that represents what the BBC calls “the library of the future.”

Titus Kaphar

Titus Kaphar

Midnight is the instant when yesterday and tomorrow meet. It is the witching hour, the time of reckoning and-in everything from fairy tales to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists-a moment fraught with equal parts magic and angst.