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Studio Museum in Harlem

Studio Museum in HarlemReopening Fall 2025
Studio Museum in HarlemReopening Fall 2025

Explore Works in the Collection

The Joyful Mysteries
The Joyful Mysteries, 1984
Houston E. Conwill
Echoes of Harlem
Echoes of Harlem, 1980
Faith Ringgold
African-American Flag
African-American Flag, 1997
David Hammons
Give Us a Poem
Give Us a Poem, 2007
Glenn Ligon
Moussakoo
Moussakoo, c. 1968
Tom Lloyd
Lawdy Mama
Lawdy Mama, 1969
Barkley L. Hendricks
Kevin the Kiteman
Kevin the Kiteman, 2016
Jordan Casteel
Opening Details
Exciting New Details on Inaugural Exhibitions, Installations, and Commissions
<p>Tom Lloyd standing in front of unknown artwork,1968</p>
Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
Fall 2025
Creating Space
Creating Space
Read More About the New Building
News
Our First Podcast

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.

Permanent Collection Fall 2025
Permanent Collection
Fall 2025

New Works in the Collection

Cassi Namoda
Cassi Namoda1 artwork online
Jared Owens
Jared Owens2 artworks online
Nikita Gale
Nikita Gale1 artwork online
<p>Charles Innis, Director, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, founding Trustee, c. 1968. Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem. Photographer unknown</p>
Studio Museum Archives
Fall 2025
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<p>Cynthia Hawkins, <em>Untitled</em>, 2025. Acrylic on paper, 20 ¼ × 16 in. © Cynthia Hawkins. Photo: John Berens</p>
Artist-in-Residence Alumni Installation
Fall 2025
<p>Camille Norment. Photo: OCA/Herman Dreyer</p>
Inaugural Artist Commissions
Fall 2025
<p>David Hammons's <em>Untitled </em>(2004). Photo: Ray Llanos</p>
Artist Installations
Long-term View
A multi-racial crowd of people applauding while seated in an auditorium with red chairs
About Us
The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally
Collection in Context
Collection in Context
Browse Collection Themes

See Exhibitions & Events

What's on
<p>Sarawar Zahan, <em>In The Middle</em>, 2024</p>
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
July 31, 2024–July 30, 2025
<p>Robert Pruitt, <em>For Whom the Bell Curves</em>, 2004.</p> <p>Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Rena Bransten, San Francisco, and a gift from Burt Aaron, New York 2006.14<br /></p>
Elsewhere: 2025
2025
<p>Gwendolyn C. Knight <br /><br />Standing Horse, 1999 <br /><br />Etching on paper 18 1/4 x 18 in. (46.4 x 45.7 cm) Frame: 20 1/2 x 22 x 1 in. (52.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm) ed: 9/25 <br /><br />The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Judith Golden, New York <br /><br />2000.6.1</p>
Lil' Studio: Scratch Art Animals
July 12, 2025, 11:00-12:00 pm
Opening Details
Opening Details
Exciting New Details on Inaugural Exhibitions, Installations, and Commissions
<p>Tom Lloyd standing in front of unknown artwork,1968</p>
Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
Tom Lloyd
Fall 2025
Creating Space
Creating Space
Creating Space
Read More About the New Building
News
Our First Podcast

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.

Permanent Collection Fall 2025
Permanent Collection
Permanent Collection
Fall 2025

New Works in the Collection

Cassi Namoda
Cassi Namoda1 artwork online
Jared Owens
Jared Owens2 artworks online
Nikita Gale
Nikita Gale1 artwork online
<p>Charles Innis, Director, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, founding Trustee, c. 1968. Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem. Photographer unknown</p>
Studio Museum Archives
Studio Museum Archives
Fall 2025
Be a part of the future

Become a Member

Join today and be there as we open the new Studio Museum in Harlem.

<p>Cynthia Hawkins, <em>Untitled</em>, 2025. Acrylic on paper, 20 ¼ × 16 in. © Cynthia Hawkins. Photo: John Berens</p>
Artist-in-Residence Alumni Installation
Artist-in-Residence Alumni Installation
Fall 2025
<p>Camille Norment. Photo: OCA/Herman Dreyer</p>
Inaugural Artist Commissions
Inaugural Artist Commissions
Fall 2025
<p>David Hammons's <em>Untitled </em>(2004). Photo: Ray Llanos</p>
Artist Installations
Artist Installations
Long-term View
A multi-racial crowd of people applauding while seated in an auditorium with red chairs
About Us
About Us
The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally
Collection in Context
Collection in Context
Collection in Context
Browse Collection Themes

See Exhibitions & Events

What's on
<p>Sarawar Zahan, <em>In The Middle</em>, 2024</p>
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
Something in the Water: Expanding the Walls 2024
July 31, 2024–July 30, 2025
<p>Robert Pruitt, <em>For Whom the Bell Curves</em>, 2004.</p> <p>Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase made possible by a gift from Rena Bransten, San Francisco, and a gift from Burt Aaron, New York 2006.14<br /></p>
Elsewhere: 2025
Elsewhere: 2025
2025
<p>Gwendolyn C. Knight <br /><br />Standing Horse, 1999 <br /><br />Etching on paper 18 1/4 x 18 in. (46.4 x 45.7 cm) Frame: 20 1/2 x 22 x 1 in. (52.1 x 55.9 x 2.5 cm) ed: 9/25 <br /><br />The Studio Museum in Harlem; gift of Judith Golden, New York <br /><br />2000.6.1</p>
Lil' Studio: Scratch Art Animals
Lil' Studio: Scratch Art Animals
July 12, 2025, 11:00-12:00 pm