Upcoming exhibitions

On view January 30, 2026 - May 9, 2026

CURRENT Exhibitions

PAST Exhibitions

“World”-Traveling: Black Studies in Relation

On view August 29 - December 6, 2025

Idea Lab

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Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024
Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024

On view January 24 – May 9, 2025

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Rashaun Rucker: Patron Saints of a Black Boy
Rashaun Rucker: Patron Saints of a Black Boy

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Nicole Awai: In the thick of it
Nicole Awai: In the thick of it

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Alicia Henry: (un)knowing
Alicia Henry: (un)knowing

February 9 to May 18, 2024

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Michael A. Booker: WAVE PATTERNS
Michael A. Booker: WAVE PATTERNS

January 18 to May 3, 2024

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Travelogue Series: Un-Tying Our Cosmic Ancestry
Travelogue Series: Un-Tying Our Cosmic Ancestry

September 15 to December 9, 2023

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Travelogue Series: Falling into Language
Travelogue Series: Falling into Language

September 7 to December 1, 2023

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Old Wounds, Dark Dreams
Old Wounds, Dark Dreams

February 21 to May 19, 2023

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Old Wounds, Dark Dreams
Old Wounds, Dark Dreams

February 8 to May 19, 2023

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Melvin Edwards: WIRE(D) AND CHAIN(ED)
Melvin Edwards: WIRE(D) AND CHAIN(ED)

September 16 to December 11, 2022

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Wura-Natasha Ogunji: earth, body, spirit
Wura-Natasha Ogunji: earth, body, spirit

August 25, 2022 to February 10, 2023

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NEVER ALONE
NEVER ALONE

April 7 - July 1, 2022

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Not Only Will I Stare
Not Only Will I Stare

February 3 - May 21, 2022

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Collecting Black Studies: The Exhibition
Collecting Black Studies: The Exhibition

January 21 - June 15, 2021

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the way back home: Work by Ariel René Jackson
the way back home: Work by Ariel René Jackson

October 28, 2021 - March 4, 2022

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The Black Index
The Black Index

September 16 - December 11, 2021

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Charles White and the Legacy of the Figure: Celebrating the Gordon Gift
Charles White and the Legacy of the Figure: Celebrating the Gordon Gift

January 21 - June 15, 2019

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Love Song #9 (I knew you before I met you): Works by Mimi Cherono Ng’ok
Love Song #9 (I knew you before I met you): Works by Mimi Cherono Ng’ok

August 30 - December 14, 2018

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Dawoud Bey: 40 YEARS IN HARLEM
Dawoud Bey: 40 YEARS IN HARLEM

AUGUST 29 - DECEMBER 8, 2018

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Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: NOTES ON SUGAR
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons: NOTES ON SUGAR

JANUARY 25 - MAY 5, 2018

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Hakeem Adewumi and Celeste Henry: SEEN AND UNSEEN
Hakeem Adewumi and Celeste Henry: SEEN AND UNSEEN

JANUARY 15 - AUGUST 3, 2018

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FOCUS
FOCUS

SEPTEMBER 19 - DECEMBER 22, 2017

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HISTORY, LABOR, LIFE
HISTORY, LABOR, LIFE

AUGUST 30 - DECEMBER 9, 2017

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Deborah Roberts: NOBODY'S DARLING: WOMEN & REPRESENTATION
Deborah Roberts: NOBODY'S DARLING: WOMEN & REPRESENTATION

MAY 2 - AUGUST 11, 2017

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ART MEETS ACTIVISM
ART MEETS ACTIVISM

JANUARY 17 - AUGUST 12, 2017

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Past Exhibitions

Featured
Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024
Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024

On view January 24 – May 9, 2025

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Featured
Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024
Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024

On view January 24 – May 9, 2025

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