Lloyd Foster’s Height and Soil, presented in Long Gallery Harlem’s Art of the Window series, celebrates Harlem’s community through photo-based sculptures created from images of residents and neighborhood landmarks. Echoing Lorraine O’Grady’s Art Is…, the installation transforms everyday moments into art, emphasizing the role of Black communities not only as subjects but as makers within the avant-garde.
After eight years of renovation, the Studio Museum in Harlem reopens in a new 82,000-square-foot building designed by David Adjaye. Rooted in Harlem’s architectural fabric and filled with light, the museum expands its gallery space while reaffirming its historic role as a cultural anchor celebrating Black art, history, and community.
After years of anticipation, the Studio Museum in Harlem will reopen on November 15 in a striking new seven-story building designed by Adjaye Associates. The inaugural exhibition honors the museum’s legacy, featuring the work of Tom Lloyd alongside highlights from its permanent collection, including works by Rashid Johnson, Lorraine O’Grady, and Faith Ringgold.
The reopening of the Studio Museum in Harlem, after seven years of construction, arrives with dazzling alumni and collection exhibitions. Among the highlights is a 40-image photographic work, Art Is…, by the late, great Lorraine O’Grady. The series places viewers along Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard during the 1983 African American Day Parade, inviting us to witness the neighborhood’s vibrancy through O’Grady’s incisive lens.
The 57-year-old New York institution Studio Museum, dedicated to artists of African descent, inaugurated its new building in a press preview today, November 6, ahead of its grand public reopening next Saturday in Harlem. The exhibition also features Lorraine O'Grady's Art Is... at the entrance of one of the galleries in the From Now: A Collection in Context exhibition.