New Additions: Vladimir Cybil Charlier
New Additions is a series of interviews with artists whose work was newly acquired in the Studio Museum's permanent collection.
Possessions: Sadie Barnette and Leslie Hewitt
Jordan Jones writes about Leslie Hewitt’s series “Riffs on Real Time” and Sadie Barnette’s series of untitled drawings, which are held in the Museum's permanent collection, as a way to think about the word "possession."
New Additions: Jadé Fadojutimi
New Additions is a series of interviews with artists whose work was newly acquired in the Studio Museum's permanent collection. This conversation features artist Jadé Fadojutimi in discussion of her work There Exists a Glorious World. Its Name? The Land of Sustainable Burdens. You can read or listen to the conversation below.
Diaspora
Scattered by migrations, voluntary and not, global Black populations have long contended with efforts to write them out of history. Along with the colonial impulse to capture and control vast swaths of already occupied land, the project of cultural erasure undergirds the expansion of empire.
Love and Refusal in the Art of Juliana Huxtable, Texas Isaiah, and Toyin Ojih Odutola
Curatorial Assistant Habiba Hopson explores how art can be emblematic of the soul, and the impact that art can have on the fashioning of ones self identity.
New Additions: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
New Additions is a series of interviews with artists whose work was newly acquired in the Studio Museum's permanent collection. This inaugural conversation features artist Tunji Adeniyi-Jones in discussion of his work A Flashy Encounter.
Harlem as Told by Bearden
Harlem is a web of Black connections. Harlem is a place where Black artists, travelers, professionals, and business owners live alongside each other in community.
In Conversation: William T. Williams, Melvin Edwards, Ashley James, and Guy Ciarcia
Read an exclusive excerpt from the publication Smokehouse Associates, in which the artist collective speaks with curator Ashley James.
Studio Check In With Connie H. Choi
For this edition of Studio Check In, Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Insititute Coordinator, checks in with Connie H. Choi, Associate Curator of the Permanent Collection at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Studio Check In With Gina Guddemi
For this edition of Studio Check In Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Institute Coordinator, checks in with Gina Guddemi, Registrar at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Studio Check In With Amarie Gipson
In the first edition of Studio Check In, Ilk Yasha, Studio Museum Institute Coordinator checks in with Amarie Gipson, Curatorial Assistant for the Permanent Collection at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Collecting a Legacy: New Acquisitions
Fifty years after its founding, the Studio Museum remains at the forefront of institutions for artists of African descent, providing a haven for artists to create and see their work in, and be inspired by, the work of others.