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Studio Museum in Harlem

New York, United States of America
Official website: Studio Museum in Harlem

The Studio Museum in Harlem has for several decades been an important New York City venue for Black artists, primarily African-American ones. It is located in the heart of the Harlem district of New York, at 144 West 125th Street. A number of artists from elsewhere in the African Diaspora, including some UK-based practitioners, have shown work in exhibitions at this important visual arts venue. Studio Museum in Harlem was one of three venues for Transforming the Crown: African, Asian and Caribbean Artists in Britain 1966 - 1996. SMH exhibition dates were October 14, 1997 - March 15, 1998. It was the venue for Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964-1980, April 5 - July 2, 2006.

Related items + view all 9

click to show details of Black Romantic - catalogue

»  Black Romantic - catalogue

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2002

click to show details of Chris Ofili | Afro Muses 1995 - 2005

»  Chris Ofili | Afro Muses 1995 - 2005

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2005

click to show details of Energy/Experimentation

»  Energy/Experimentation

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 2006

click to show details of Transforming the Crown

»  Transforming the Crown

Catalogue relating to an exhibition, 1997

Exhibitions at this venue + view all 7

»  The Shadows Took Shape

Group show at Studio Museum in Harlem. 2013 - 2014

People who have appeared at this venue + view all 107

»  Howardena Pindell

Born, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA, USA

»  Haywood Bill Rivers

Born, 1922. Died, 2002

»  Alma Thomas

Born, 1886 - 1896 (probably 1891). Died, 1978

»  Jack Whitten

Born, 1939 in Bessemer, Alabama, USA

»  William T. Williams

Born, 1942 in Cross Creek, NC, USA