An Awaited Homecoming This Fall for Studio Museum in Harlem
The Studio Museum in Harlem is opening new doors this fall. On November 15, 2025, a Community Day will be hosted for all to join at 144 West 125th Street in Harlem, New York. The museum has welcomed a slew of artists since its founding in 1968 with the first iteration located at 2033 Fifth Avenue, Harlem, New York.
Having initially moved into 144 West 125th Street in 1982, Studio Museum closed these doors and broke ground for construction in 2018. Their temporary offerings and space for the Artists-in-Residence program were located at 429 West 127th Street during renovations. Simultaneously throughout the years, Studio Museum partnered with other institutions for additional programming. This newly renovated space at their original site on West 125th is a collaboration with Adjaye Associates, lead design architect, and Cooper Robertson, executive architect. Seven floors high, uniquely designed for the Studio Museum programming, and almost doubling their original space for the Artists-in-Residence program, the newest home of a modern mecca “takes its inspiration from the brownstones, churches, and bustling sidewalks of Harlem.”
“The new building for the Studio Museum in Harlem pushes the museum classification to a new place with a fresh approach to the display and reception of art. Education spaces and artists' studios are presented as a triptych frame that holds the center body of the composition, with the Museum offering respite from the bustling city while activating and celebrating the vibrancy of Harlem,” commented Adjaye Associates.
A Community Day for this space is meaningfully fitting; art is and always has been at the core of this institution, but the surrounding area, comprised of neighbors, shareholders, and many generations influence and have been included in the museum’s overall mission and success.
The reopening exhibit features late artist, activist and organizer Tom Lloyd. Known for utilizing electricity in his work, Lloyd's essence and illuminations were the starting point for the museum’s Studio Program in 1968.
