The Studio Museum in Harlem Through the Ages: Key Shows, Milestones, and More

In the course of five decades, the Studio Museum in Harlem has grown from a fledgling art space to a key institution with a permanent home. These are the milestones in its history.
1968
The Studio Museum opens with a Tom Lloyd solo show in an 8,700-square-foot loft on Fifth Avenue. But not all the festivities go as planned—one visitor breaks a sculpture.
1969
Charles Inniss, the museum’s first director, resigns as the local community continues to decry the museum for being out of tou