September 8, 7PM, Schomburg Center. Join the Schomburg Center for their inaugural Jean Blackwell Hutson Lecture and Award in September. This award commemorates former Chief Librarian of the Schomburg Center, Jean Blackwell Hutson, for whom the Center’s research and reference division was named.
Richard Beavers Gallery. Richard Beavers Gallery proudly presents “Black Joy is a Revolutionary Act,” an exploration and bold affirmation of Black Joy’s transformative capacity as both political resistance and cultural renaissance.
Hammer. The first institutional survey of the late Noah Davis (1983–2015) charts the breadth and depth of the American artist’s relentless output.
Jack Shainman Gallery. I AM MANY, an exhibition featuring new and recent work by Hank Willis Thomas, the artist’s eighth exhibition with the Jack Shainman Gallery and first in their newly opened Tribeca flagship location.
The Latinx Project is thrilled to announce the opening and reception for their fall 2025 exhibition entitled Escenas. 20 Cooper Square’s Third Floor Gallery will host Escenas curated by Orlando Ochoa Jr. and Xavier Robles Armas.
Whitechapel Gallery. Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey, will be the first major survey show of the artist, Joy Gregory (b.1959, UK), winner of the eighth annual Freelands Award and one of the UK’s most innovative artists working with photography today.
by Abby Remer, MVTimes. “Interiority.” This stunning show runs through August 17, featuring 10 top photographers at the Featherstone Center for the Arts.
by Deanna Taylor, Essence. Tucked away in a three-story Victorian home in Philadelphia’s historic Germantown neighborhood is The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM). It’s a portal, a sanctuary, and a multiverse intentionally curated to center, celebrate, and protect the everyday experiences of Black girls.
by Matthew Carey, DEADLINE. Actor, writer, filmmaker, and playwright Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine has a documentary, Memories of Love Returned.
by Maya Pontone, HYPERALLERGIC. Artists slated to participate in the Art Omi program in Upstate New York must stay back due to closed embassies or denied documents, an ongoing challenge expected to worsen under Trump.