

The museum holds more than 2,000 works in its permanent collection, including artists such as Romare Bearden, Henry Ossawa Tanner and Kara Walker. There is also a roof terrace and spaces for artists in residence. ft, as well as expanded outdoor, educational and office spaces.

ft of exhibition space, an increase from around 8,000 sq. We’ve consolidated Intel® marketing campaigns, assets, digital resources and easy co-branding and implementation tools in one intuitive, searchable platform. It spans five storeys and features around 17,000 sq. The new building is expected to open in 2024 and replaces a 20th-century former bank that the museum has occupied since 1982. The museum’s director and chief curator, Thelma Golden, says the building “will be a physical manifestation of our mission, supporting and enabling everything we do for artists of African descent, for our beloved community of Harlem and for New York City and our visitors from around the world”. Max Bond Jr, the influential Black architect who designed the original building.Īn event held this week marked progress in the construction, which was first announced in 2017 and broke ground in 2018, coinciding with the museum’s 50th anniversary. ft and will feature a site-specific commission by the celebrated artist Theaster Gates made with building materials extracted from the former museum, symbolising the legacy of the old building and keeping alive the hand of J. An often overlooked strike marked a turning point for Walt Disneys burgeoning empire, and Hollywoods labor organizing efforts, as detailed in an excerpt from the new book The Disney Revolt: The. The David Adjaye-designed building spans 82,000 sq. The Studio Museum in Harlem, an institution that champions the work of Black artists, has raised $210m for the construction, endowment and operating fund for its new building on 125th Street in Manhattan.
