A rendering of the expanded Studio Museum in Harlem, at right. Credit Adjaye Associates/Cooper, Robertson & Partners.

The Studio Museum in Harlem, whose ambitions have long been checked by the limitations of its 1914 building, will construct a new $122 million home designed by the British architect David Adjaye on West 125th Street. Plans for the new building, which will occupy the museum’s current lot near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, are to be announced Monday.

With the new space, the museum, for the first time in its nearly 47-year history, will have a physical space created expressly to meet its needs and serve its mission: fostering and displaying work by artists of African descent. No more droning air-conditioners in the galleries. Or children sitting on the floor for educational programs. Or total shutdowns of the museum three times a year because the current process of changing exhibitions is so disruptive to its operations.......Continue Reading

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