Current Exhibitions

Kehinde Wiley, Rubin Singleton, 2008, Courtesy artist and Deitch Projects

Kehinde Wiley, Rubin Singleton, 2008, Courtesy artist and Deitch Projects

The World Stage: Africa, Lagos ~ Dakar is Kehinde Wiley’s (b. 1977) first solo exhibition at The Studio Museum in Harlem and features ten new paintings from his multinational “The World Stage” series.

Tanea Richardson, In Protection of Our Bodies, 2008, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Marc Bernier - Leslie Hewitt, Riffs on Real Time (1 of 10), 2006-9, Courtesy the artist - Saya Woolfalk, Self (adolescent – pink) and Self (adolescent – blue), 2008, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Marc Bernier

Tanea Richardson, In Protection of Our Bodies, 2008, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Marc Bernier

Leslie Hewitt, Riffs on Real Time (1 of 10), 2006-9, Courtesy the artist

Saya Woolfalk, Self (adolescent – pink) and Self (adolescent – blue), 2008, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Marc Bernier

The Studio Museum’s mezzanine galleries will be transformed by three bodies of new work and site-specific installations in New Intuitions. Leslie Hewitt, Tanea Richardson and Saya Woolfalk have markedly distinct practices, but each artist insists on raising questions about our accepted ways of seeing reality.

Senga Nengudi, R.S.V.P. V, fall 1976, Courtesy Thomas Erben Gallery, New York - Rashawn Griffin, Untitled (detail), 2008, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Collier Schorr

Senga Nengudi, R.S.V.P. V, fall 1976, Courtesy Thomas Erben Gallery, New York

Rashawn Griffin, Untitled (detail), 2008, Courtesy the artist, Photo: Collier Schorr

Senga Nengudi (b. 1943) is a truly multidisciplinary artist whose career has covered dance, sculpture, installation, video, text and performance.

Eye Notes – Expanding the Walls 2008

July 17—October 26, 2008

Christeen Penon, Cognate Souls, 2008, Courtesy the artist

Christeen Penon, Cognate Souls, 2008, Courtesy the artist

The young photographers in this year’s Expanding the Walls exhibition, Eye Notes, approach documentary art in a variety of ways as they present their work alongside a selection of James VanDerZee’s classic Harlem portraits.

Collection in Context: Four Decades

July 17—October 26, 2008

Edgar Arceneaux, 1968, 1997, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Courtesy the artist

Edgar Arceneaux, 1968, 1997, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Courtesy the artist

Nearly forty years ago, shortly after opening its doors to the public, The Studio Museum in Harlem established its permanent collection through the generosity of both artists and donors.

Harlem Postcards: Summer 2008

July 17—October 26, 2008

Miguel Calderón, Purple Haze/Purple Rain, 2008

Miguel Calderón, Purple Haze/Purple Rain, 2008

The Studio Museum’s ongoing series, Harlem Postcards, invites contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site for artistic contemplation and production.

Upcoming Public Programs

Join us on July 20, 2008 from 12:00 - 6:00pm for the launch of this wonderful partnership with Target.

Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum

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Sunday is the day that Harlem truly comes alive, and the day that many make time to visit The Studio Museum in Harlem. To make sure that the Museum is accessible to all, we would like to introduce Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum, thanks to generous support from Target. The program, which will offer free Museum admission every Sunday between 12 and 6 PM, reflects a shared commitment to engage the community and offer a vital cultural experience to all.

In addition to free Museum admission on Sundays, the Education and Public Programs Department has organized free programs and events geared to all our different audiences. From hands-on family workshops to theater performances, whatever their age or interest, visitors will find something to love at Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum. Join us, as we explore how art and visual communication can ignite the imagination, engage the mind and reflect our human experience–past, present and future.