Studio Museum in Harlem

I vividly remember my first genuine interaction with the work of Charles Gainesit was October 25, 2023, some moments after five pm. Throughout the day, in the deep quiet of my being, I could sense several Black forces propelling me toward the encounter. So, under a fading sun that drew with it a ...

Applications are now open for the 2024-2026 session of the Studio Museum in Harlem and Museum of Modern Art Joint Fellowship!The joint fellowship is a paid, two-year role that invites two curatorial fellows to spend one year at each museum, rotating to the partner institution after their first ye...

This month, we invite you to join us in Harlem and beyond for a suite of events that invite intimate, thoughtful dialogues and moments of exchange in celebration of Black art, culture, and history. This weekend, well be celebrating Juneteenth with @centralparknyc in Seneca Village with an art-ma...

Introducing the Studio Museum in Harlems first podcast: New Additions. Initially not a collecting institution, the Studio Museum established its permanent collection in 1977 to celebrate, preserve, and draw attention to the contributions of artists of African descent. Now, with New Additions, we ...

To make a photograph is often to make something visible. Yet my goal as a photographer, and with the image produced for this series, is to render private moments and discourse with significant reserve. Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. Since 2002, our Harlem Postcards program has invited artists to share ...

How are museums systems of artistry, archives, education, labor, care, communication, and community? The third annual convening of our Museums as Systems symposium explores interdependence as a guiding framework for how museums function. Each day of the convening highlights a distinct facet of in...

To understand and reveal the visionary intentions of under-recognized Black artists and artists of color is not a career, it has been a calling, and how grateful I am to have been called. Pat CruzPat Cruz, Artistic Director & CEO of @harlemstage and former Deputy Director of Programs at the Stud...

When I think about sound and public space, one of my primary interests is that sound is a consequence of a kind of friction or touch.Nikita Gale Hosted by Senior Curatorial Assistant Habiba Hopson (@hab_hop), New Additions is a series of interviews with artists whose work was newly acquired into...

The main character in the work is time. Tadska (@tadaskia) Projects: Tadska presents the Brazilian artists unbound book ave preta mstica mystical black bird alongside expansive wall drawings and set of sculptures, evoking the ephemeral life cycles of nature. The book tells the story of the titu...

As someone who virtually grew up at the Schomburg Center on 135th Street and has been coming to the Studio Museum his entire life, I have countless recollections of walking down these streets. [...]This piece speaks to nostalgia and many complex thoughts of timesgood and badthat have come and gon...

In this Studio Visit, Curatorial Assistant Kiki Teshome drops in on multidisciplinary artist Helina Metaferia (@helina.metaferia). Teshome details the Metaferias Ethiopian American upbringing; the medley of textile, archival, and sacramental materials she employs; and her socially engaged practic...

Take a behind the scenes look at how this colorful world was made!Brazilian artist Tadska covered the walls of one of MoMAs galleries with charcoal drawings, then collaborated with local artists to fill them with colors chosen at random from her kaleidoscopic palette of dry pastels.The exhibitio...