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Rewriting Art History at the Studio Museum in Harlem

November 18, 2025·16 min·5-min readnarrativeculture
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The Studio Museum in Harlem, a vital institution dedicated to artists of the African diaspora, has reopened after seven years of construction and a $300 million transformation, symbolizing both cultural resilience and artistic reclamation in a moment of national tension over race and repr

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Thelma Golden

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Thelma GoldenDavid RemnickGlenn LigonLorraine O'GradyBarkley HendricksRaymond Saunders

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WNYC StudiosThe New Yorker

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American HistoryArtCivil Rights HistoryLong Form JournalismRacial Justice

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