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December 2025

Installation view of artwork hanging on white walls

From the Studio: Fifty-Eight Years of Artists in Residence

From the Studio: Fifty-Eight Years of Artists in Residence

November 15, 2025–February 15, 2026

<p>Tom Lloyd (installation view), 2025. Photo: Kris Graves</p>

November 15, 2025–March 22, 2026

<p>Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community (installation view). Photo: Kris Graves.</p>

Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community

Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community

November 15, 2025–April 12, 2026

<p>Safaa Hasan, <em>baba: my father</em>, 2025. Digital inkjet print, 16 × 20 in.. Studio Museum in Harlem; Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community Collection ETW.2025.36.2</p>

at an arm's length: Expanding the Walls 2025

at an arm's length: Expanding the Walls 2025

July 29, 2025–July 30, 2026

<p><em>From Now: A Collection in Context</em> (installation view), 2025. Photo: Kris Graves</p>

From Now: A Collection in Context

From Now: A Collection in Context

November 15, 2025–August 16, 2026

<p>Charles Innis, Director, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, founding Trustee, c. 1968. Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem. Photographer unknown</p>

November 15, 2025–August 30, 2026

<p><em>Camille Norment: Untitled (heliotrope) </em>(installation view), 2025. Photo: Kris Graves</p>

Camille Norment: Untitled (heliotrope)

Camille Norment: Untitled (heliotrope)

November 15, 2025

<p><em>Christopher Myers: Harlem Is a Myth </em>(installation view), 2025. Photo: Kris Graves</p>

Christopher Myers: Harlem Is a Myth

Christopher Myers: Harlem Is a Myth

November 15, 2025

<p>David Hammons, <em>Untitled</em> (installation view), 2025. Photo: Kris Graves</p>

Artist Installations

Artist Installations

Long-term View

Lil' Studio: Hybrid Harlem Wednesday, December 17, 10:00-11:00am

Lil' Studio: Hybrid Harlem

Lil' Studio: Hybrid Harlem

Wednesday, December 17, 10:00-11:00am

Into the Archive Book Haul December 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 24, 11:00 am–1:00 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm

Into the Archive Book Haul

Into the Archive Book Haul

December 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 24, 11:00 am–1:00 pm and 3:30–5:30 pm

Teens work on an activity at a white table and the teen facing the camera is smiling with her head tilted.

Wednesday, December 17 4:00–6:00 p.m.

<p>Photo by Caroline Friedman</p>

December Member Night

December Member Night

Thursday, December 18, 6:00–8:00pm

<p>Photo: Noel Woodford</p>

December 21, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm

Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.

December 21, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.

Gallery Talks December 21, 2025 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

December 21, 2025 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Drop-In Art Making: Shimmering Sculptures December 21, 12:00–4:00 pm

Drop-In Art Making: Shimmering Sculptures

Drop-In Art Making: Shimmering Sculptures

December 21, 12:00–4:00 pm

<p>Photo: Noel Woodford</p>

December 28, 2025, 11:00 am–6:00 pm

Two children face a museum-educator reading them a story on a red rug.

December 28, 2025 11:30 a.m–12:00 p.m.

Gallery Talks December 28, 2025 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

December 28, 2025 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Upcoming

<p>Photo: Noel Woodford</p>

January 4, 2026, 11:00 am–6:00 pm

Gallery Talks January 4, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

January 4, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context  January 10, 3:00–4:30 pm

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

January 10, 3:00–4:30 pm

<p>Photo: Noel Woodford</p>

January 11, 2026, 11:00 am–6:00 pm

Gallery Talks January 11, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

January 11, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

<p>Photo: Noel Woodford</p>

January 18, 2026, 11:00 am–6:00 pm

Gallery Talks January 18, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

January 18, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Teens work on an activity at a white table and the teen facing the camera is smiling with her head tilted.

Wednesday, January 21 4:00–6:00 p.m.

Member Mornings January 24, 10:00–11:00 am

Member Mornings

Member Mornings

January 24, 10:00–11:00 am

<p>Photo: Noel Woodford</p>

January 25, 2026, 11:00 am–6:00 pm

Gallery Talks January 25, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

January 25, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Gallery Talks February 1, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

February 1, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Gallery Talks February 8, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

February 8, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context  February 14, 3:00–4:30 pm

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

February 14, 3:00–4:30 pm

Gallery Talks February 15, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

February 15, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Gallery Talks February 22, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

February 22, 2026 12:00, 2:00, 4:00

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context  March 14, 3:00–4:30 pm

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

March 14, 3:00–4:30 pm

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context  April 11, 3:00–4:30 pm

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

April 11, 3:00–4:30 pm

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context  May 9, 3:00–4:30 pm

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

Studio Signs: From Now: A Collection in Context 

May 9, 3:00–4:30 pm

Past

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

<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

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