Thelma Golden on Merging Past, Present, and Future at the Studio Museum in Harlem

Much of Thelma Golden’s career has been spent at the Studio Museum in Harlem, where she first began working as a curatorial fellow in 1987. After a stint at the Whitney, she returned in 2000, and has been the museum’s director and chief curator since 2005. Below, Golden talks about the museum’s future as it prepares to open in a new building.ARTnews: The Studio Museum is at another critical juncture where it’s preparing to move to a new home designed by David Adjaye. Wit