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Studio Museum in Harlem

Studio Museum in HarlemOur New Building
Studio Museum in HarlemOur New Building

From Our Collection

Portrait of Sarah Maria Coward
Portrait of Sarah Maria Coward, c. 1804
Joshua Johnson
Bonfire
Bonfire, 1962
Norman Lewis
Cotton Hangup
Cotton Hangup, 1966
Melvin E. Edwards
Trane
Trane, 1969
William T. Williams
Window of Ancient Sirens
Window of Ancient Sirens, 1979
Betye Saar
Dead Reckoning I
Dead Reckoning I, 1980
Jack Whitten
I Found My Voice
I Found My Voice, 1990
Glenn Ligon
Mother and Child
Mother and Child, 1993
Elizabeth Catlett
<p>The Studio Museum in Harlem's New Building. Photo: © Albert Vecerka/Esto</p>
The Studio Museum Announces Opening Season and Inaugural Exhibitions
The Studio Museum will reopen in fall 2025.
Three people pose closely together outside, surrounded by greenery. On the left is a Black male wearing an open denim jacket, a t shirt, and denim pants. In the center is a Black female with hair braids ending in beads wearing a leather trench coat cinched at the waist. On the right is a light skinned Black woman wearing a closed denim jacked and denim bottoms.
Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–24
September 26, 2024–February 10, 2025
sonia louise davis
sonia louise davis
Open Studio

New Additions

Introducing the Studio Museum in Harlem’s first podcast. This series features intimate conversations with artists whose work has been recently added to the Studio Museum’s permanent collection.

<p>Noah Davis, <em>Black Wall Street</em>, 2008<br /></p>
Works on Loan: 2023–24
September, 2023–December, 2024

New Works in the Collection

Brandon Ndife
Brandon Ndife1 artwork online
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat1 artwork online
Jadé Fadojutimi
Jadé Fadojutimi1 artwork online
Malcolm Peacock
Malcolm Peacock
Open Studio
Make history with us! Join today to be a part of the future Studio Museum in Harlem.

Join as a Founding Member

Be there as we open the new Studio Museum in Harlem.

Zoë Pulley
Zoë Pulley
Open Studio
A hand, half in shadow and half in sunlight, holds on to a branch with green leaves and little white flowers.
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
July 31, 2024–July 30, 2025
<p>Tom Lloyd</p> <p><em>Moussakoo</em> </p> <p>c. 1968 </p> <p>Aluminum, light bulbs, and plastic laminate </p> <p>Each: approximately 35 × 33 × 15 in. (88.9 × 83.8 × 38.1 cm) </p> <p>Overall dimensions variable</p> <p>The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of The Lloyd Family and Jamilah Wilson </p> <p>1996.11</p>
Lil' Studio: Flashing Refractions
November 2, 2024, 11:00–12:00 pm
A plaster cast bust of a woman wearing a red shirt whose face is slightly turned, with a laughing smile she holds one hand up to her mouth as if calling to someone and holds her other hand to her chest.
Family Day
November 2, 2024, 2:00–4:00 pm
<p>The Studio Museum in Harlem's New Building. Photo: © Albert Vecerka/Esto</p>
The Studio Museum Announces Opening Season and Inaugural Exhibitions
The Studio Museum Announces Opening Season and Inaugural Exhibitions
The Studio Museum will reopen in fall 2025.
Three people pose closely together outside, surrounded by greenery. On the left is a Black male wearing an open denim jacket, a t shirt, and denim pants. In the center is a Black female with hair braids ending in beads wearing a leather trench coat cinched at the waist. On the right is a light skinned Black woman wearing a closed denim jacked and denim bottoms.
Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–24
Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–24
September 26, 2024–February 10, 2025
sonia louise davis
sonia louise davis
sonia louise davis
Open Studio

New Additions

Introducing the Studio Museum in Harlem’s first podcast. This series features intimate conversations with artists whose work has been recently added to the Studio Museum’s permanent collection.

<p>Noah Davis, <em>Black Wall Street</em>, 2008<br /></p>
Works on Loan: 2023–24
Works on Loan: 2023–24
September, 2023–December, 2024

New Works in the Collection

Brandon Ndife
Brandon Ndife1 artwork online
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat1 artwork online
Jadé Fadojutimi
Jadé Fadojutimi1 artwork online
Malcolm Peacock
Malcolm Peacock
Malcolm Peacock
Open Studio
Make history with us! Join today to be a part of the future Studio Museum in Harlem.

Join as a Founding Member

Be there as we open the new Studio Museum in Harlem.

Zoë Pulley
Zoë Pulley
Zoë Pulley
Open Studio
A hand, half in shadow and half in sunlight, holds on to a branch with green leaves and little white flowers.
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
July 31, 2024–July 30, 2025
<p>Tom Lloyd</p> <p><em>Moussakoo</em> </p> <p>c. 1968 </p> <p>Aluminum, light bulbs, and plastic laminate </p> <p>Each: approximately 35 × 33 × 15 in. (88.9 × 83.8 × 38.1 cm) </p> <p>Overall dimensions variable</p> <p>The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of The Lloyd Family and Jamilah Wilson </p> <p>1996.11</p>
Lil' Studio: Flashing Refractions
Lil' Studio: Flashing Refractions
November 2, 2024, 11:00–12:00 pm
A plaster cast bust of a woman wearing a red shirt whose face is slightly turned, with a laughing smile she holds one hand up to her mouth as if calling to someone and holds her other hand to her chest.
Family Day
Family Day
November 2, 2024, 2:00–4:00 pm