Studio Museum in Harlem

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The Joyful Mysteries, 1984

Houston E. Conwill

Echoes of Harlem, 1980

Faith Ringgold

African-American Flag, 1997

Kevin the Kiteman, 2016

Jordan Casteel

Opening Details

Exciting New Details on Inaugural Exhibitions, Installations, and Commissions

<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

Tom Lloyd

Fall 2025

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.

Creating Space

New Works in the Collection

Cassi Namoda1 artwork online

Jared Owens2 artworks online

Nikita Gale1 artwork online

Permanent Collection

Fall 2025

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<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

<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

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A multi-racial crowd of people applauding while seated in an auditorium with red chairs

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The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally

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<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>Sanford Biggers, <em>Haute Mess</em>, 2014. Textiles, fabric and antique quilt fragment, double-sided adhesive, treated acrylic paint, treated interior paint, and spray paint on archival paper, 39 1/2 x 37 inches. The Studio Museum in Harlem; bequest of Peggy Cooper Cafritz (1947–2018), Washington, D.C. collector, educator, and activist 2018.40.35</p>

Lil' Studio: Textile Stories

August 2, 2025, 11:00am – 12:00pm

Opening Details

Exciting New Details on Inaugural Exhibitions, Installations, and Commissions

Lil' Studio: Scratch Art Animals

July 12, 2025, 11:00-12:00 pm

Tom Lloyd

Fall 2025

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.

Creating Space