Don’t forget to submit your 2026–27 Artist-in-Residence application by May 18! ⏱️
The Studio Museum’s Artist-in-Residence program offers an eleven-month residency to three local, national, or international artists of African descent working in any medium.
The 2026–27 Artist-in-Residence program will run from November 2, 2026, to October 3, 2027.
Learn more on our website and apply to the program by May 18, 2026, 11:59 pm ET.
May this month lead you to Black art 🌸
Visit the Studio Museum in Harlem today and participate in our expanding program of events, such as Writing Club, organized in partnership with @themuseumofmodernart , and Studio Sundays.
Experience our new emerging artist exhibition, “Fade”, or the most recent extension of “From Now”: a collection of small-scale works presented in our third-floor gallery.
Learn more about our current exhibitions and May events through the link in our bio!
Today, the Studio Museum in Harlem reopens our doors, and welcomes you back to 144 West 125th street.
Born in 1968, reimagined in 2025. This is #WhereBlackArtLives.
Director: Mike Carson (@mikecarson )
Reflecting on our first 100 days on 125th 🏛️
In our first seven months after reopening in November 2025, the Studio Museum in Harlem’s brand-new home has seen an outpouring of love and appreciation. With visitors traveling from around the world, this extraordinary response has reaffirmed that the Studio Museum is not just a building but a vital cultural space in Harlem #WhereBlackArtLives.
Consider a gift to our Studio Museum Fund today; your support is critical in fueling our exhibitions, artist residencies, public programs, and beyond.
🔗 Learn more about our Studio Museum Fund and Membership program details through the link in our bio.
What led to the genesis of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s renowned “F” shows?
In the first episode of our new audio series, “Unpacking: Fade,” Thelma Golden and Christine Y. Kim (@see_why_kay ) discuss “Freestyle” (2001), the first exhibition in the “F” show series and a landmark in defining contemporary Black art. We learn about how this inaugural "F” show came together and the excitement of presenting the sixth edition of this series, “Fade,” in the Museum’s new purpose-built home.
Listen to the full conversation on @bloombergconnects !
Produced with @soundmadepublic , “Unpacking: Fade” invites you to learn about “Fade” by hearing from current and past curators of the “F” shows and the artists in “Fade.”
New interviews will be released throughout the exhibition until September 6, 2026.
Join us for our brand-new Member Wellness Morning series, an exclusive new series for Studio Museum in Harlem Members. The series will take place on the Studio Museum's rooftop terrace and will be led by local @lululemon Ambassadors.
From 10:00 to 11:00 am ET, participate in mindful movement and yoga practices that encourage restorative effects.
See the schedule for our upcoming workshops:
🏋🏿 May 16 – Full body training with Jah Washington (@jah_holla )
🧘🏾♀️ June 20 – Yoga with Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts (@chelsealovesyoga )
🧘🏾♀️ July 18 - Yoga with Jazmin Tejada (@jazmintejada_yoga )
🧘🏾♀️ August 15 - Yoga with Dr. Mason Mason (@drmasonmason )
🕺🏽 September 19 - Dance with Keith Alexander (@k_doublee__f )
Become a Studio Member today and reserve a ticket: https://bit.ly/42o9wml
Happy #MothersDay! ❤️
Today, we celebrate the mothers, aunts, grandmothers, sisters, and all the women whose love has shaped our lives. Elizabeth Catlett’s “Danys Y Liethis (Mother and Child),” (2005) embodies this statement through the depiction of tender love from parent to child, highlighting the significance of such a meaningful bond.
The Studio Museum in Harlem extends appreciation to mothering and caregiving in all forms—to those who provide strength, affection, and wisdom to their communities and loved ones.
Learn more about Elizabeth Catlett and this artwork on our website through the link in our bio.
Image credit: Elizabeth Catlett, “Danys Y Liethis (Mother and Child),” 2005. Three color offset lithograph on Somerset Velvet paper, 28 × 20 in. Edition 50 of 85, Studio Museum in Harlem; promised gift of Nancy L. Lane PG.2023.010.6
In our “Harlem Inspired” audio series, curator, scholar, educator, and writer Najha Zigbi-Johnson (@_najha_ ) speaks about the streets of Harlem as sites of gathering and political battlegrounds.
At the Studio Museum in Harlem, visitors can observe the streets in our neighborhood from our project galleries, our Education Workshops, The Stoop, our terrace, and many other levels of our new building.
As you walk down 125th Street to head to the Museum, you are immersed in the everyday life of our local community members moving through their day.
Listen to the full episode through the link in our bio, or on the @bloombergconnects app!
This year’s Studio Museum in Harlem Spring Luncheon filled us with inspiration and joy as we honored civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill (@sherrilynifill ).
Ifill has dedicated her life to advocating for equality and freedom through her work as an educator and her decade-long leadership of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She is currently the Vernon Jordan Distinguished Professor in Civil Rights at Howard Law School, where she founded the 14th Amendment Center for Law and Democracy.
We extend our deepest gratitude to our community members, who remain dedicated to supporting Black arts, education, and culture through the Luncheon.
Thank you for celebrating with us!
This #NationalTourismDay, plan your trip to the Studio Museum in Harlem!
Featured in @TIME 's 2026 list of the greatest places in the world, the Studio Museum is a prime destination for engaging with and learning about art by artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally.
The Studio Museum is a short walk from the 125th Street stop on the 2/3 MTA lines and offers pay-what-you-can tickets Wednesdays through Saturdays. On #StudioSundays all visitors are welcome to discover the Museum for free!
Book your ticket today through the link in our bio.
Image credits: Noel Woodford
📸 In “Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community”, on view through June 8, teen artists document adolescence over the program's twenty-five years of existence.
From Polaroid to film, and now to digital—each photographer presents a distinct visual language shaped by the techniques and technologies of their time. Whether navigating self, family, or community, these young artists use their camera to capture adolescence in all its complexity and clarity.
Learn more about the program from Shanta Lawson, Senior Director of Learning and Engagement, and Ivan Forde (@workdaily ), artist and former Expanding the Walls participant.
Discover the exhibition in person and book your ticket through the link in our bio!
Join us on Sunday, May 17, from 4:00–5:30 pm ET for a new edition of Studio Salon featuring Leigh Raiford (@346convent ) and Salamishah Tillet (@salamishah ). The conversation celebrates the release of Raiford’s new book, “When Home Is a Photograph: Blackness and Belonging in the World,” published by Duke University Press.
In “When Home Is a Photograph,” Leigh Raiford asks how Black people use photography to make home in the world. Raiford focuses on a selection of Black American activists and artists, including Sadie Barnette, Dawoud Bey, Kathleen Neal Cleaver, Marcus Garvey, Eslanda Goode Robeson, and James Van Der Zee, to explore the complex relationship between racialized subjects and the medium of photography.
Reserve your ticket today through the link in our bio.
