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American Express Sponsors Emerging Artists With $1 Million Studio Museum In Harlem Sponsorship

American Express today announced artistic collaborations with world-renowned artists Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley to reimagine and create new designs of the iconic Consumer Platinum Card.Continue reading

Tracee Ellis Ross And Others In Virtual Conversations With Studio Museums Thelma Golden

For the first time, The Studio Museum in Harlem will expand access to its Spring Benefit and annual Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize by presenting special dialogues in conjunction with both, to be offered online in May 2021.Continue reading

Studio Museum In Harlem Featured In “Masterpiece Moment” Series

Bank of America has launched a new video that spotlights The Studio Museum in Harlem.Continue reading

Harlem Rep Espaillat Announces New Grant Award To The Studio Museum Of Harlem

Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat announces a new grant award to The Studio Museum of Harlem in support of its Harlem Permanent Collection Inventory Project:Continue reading

The Studio Museum’s Annual Spring Luncheon Honors The Life And Legacy Of Peggy Cooper Cafritz

On Friday, April 26, The Studio Museum in Harlem welcomed 350 artists, philanthropists, cultural, civic, and business leaders to its annual spring luncheon at Mandarin Oriental, 80 Columbus Circle, NY.Continue reading

Maren Hassinger: Monuments Parks It In Harlem

Maren Hassinger: Monuments will consist of eight site-specific sculptures installed for approximately one year in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, beginning in June 2018. Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Announces Winners Of 36th Annual Awards For Excellence In Design From Harlem To Hollis

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, Public Design Commission President Signe Nielsen, and Executive Director of the Commission Justin Garrett Moore, today announced the winners of the 36th Annual Awards for Excellence in DesignContinue reading

Auction To Help Fund New Harlem Art Museum

A group of prominent artists will donate pieces to benefit The Studio Museum in Harlem in its upcoming move to a brand-new facility, auction house Sotheby's announced. Continue reading

Studio Museum Honors Sir David Adjaye

On Monday, October 30, 2017, The Studio Museum in Harlem welcomed close to 800 artists, cultural leaders, civic leaders, business leaders and philanthropists to its annual Gala, which this year honored Sir David Adjaye OBE, the lead designer of the Museum’s new home, which is scheduled to break ground in late Fall 2018.Continue reading

The Studio Museum In Harlem To Break Ground In Late Fall 2018 For Its New Home

Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Raymond J. McGuire, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, today announced that the historic groundbreaking for the Museum’s new building, designed by Adjaye Associates in collaboration with Cooper Robertson, will take place during the 50th anniversary year of 2018. Continue reading

Harlem Arts Festival’s 2017 Lynnette Velasco Award Recipient and Honorees

The Harlem Arts Festival (HAF) announced today that actor, former Marine and Harlem fire fighter Hisham Tawfiq, will receive the 2017 Lynnette Velasco Community Impact Award during its 6th anniversary gala on Thursday, March 30 at Riverside Church in Harlem.Continue reading

Welcome, Connie H. Choi New Studio Museum In Harlem’s Associate Curator

Today, The Studio Museum in Harlem announced the appointment of Connie H. Choi to the position of Associate Curator, Permanent Collection. Continue reading

Maysles And Studio Museum Doc Series Addresses Legacies Of 1970s Cultural Movements

Presented in partnership with The Studio Museum in Harlem, Studio Screen is a nonfiction film series addressing the on and off screen legacies of socially engaged cultural movements of the 1970s.Continue reading

“Haiku Vibrations: Womanhood Not to Be Sacrificed” 2016, By Nefertiti

Periodically we do features on artists and their art. This time its printer, designer, and New Jersey based artist Nefertiti, she has exhibited her work at The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Schomburg Center for Research, and her painting Haiku Vibrations: Womanhood Not to Be Sacrificed, above, is a "poetic painting,"Continue reading

Palatable: Food and Contemporary Art Brunch Tour In Harlem

Moderated by Hallie Ringle, curator The Studio Museum in Harlem. This panel including Miguel Luciano, Hannah Bronfman, Anahi Angelone, and Chef Joseph “JJ” Johnson, will explore the complex intersections of food, community, and contemporary art. Continue reading