Contemporary Art Library

Welcome! The Library includes more than 775,000 images, documents, and videos representing more than 21,000 exhibitions, performances, and other projects. If you aren’t sure what to search for, please browse the material below:

September 16, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Fiona ConnorFine Arts, Sydney

November 24, 2018 – February 2, 2019
A project from this month in 2018:

Proof Of WorkSchinkel Pavillon, Berlin

September 8 – December 20, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Claudia KeepAlmanacParker Gallery, Los Angeles

November 12 – December 22, 2023
September 9, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Mario García TorresLa Paradoja del EsfuerzoTaka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo

June 28 – July 27, 2024
A project from this month in 2010:

Ayşe ErkmenDoppelhaushälfteGalerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin

September 4 – October 23, 2010
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Martha RoslerHouse Beautiful: Bringing the War HomeMAMCO, Geneva

October 11, 2017 – February 4, 2018
September 2, 2024
A project from this month in 2018:

Walls Turned SidewaysContemporary Arts Museum Houston

August 25, 2018 – January 6, 2019
A random project from the Library’s archives:

No Longer Art: Salvage Art InstituteThe Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Chicago

April 23 – July 10, 2015
A project selected by Library staff:

Martine SymsUgly Plymouths24 Cork Street residency, London

October 6 – 31, 2020
August 26, 2024
A project from this month in 2020:

Scott BenzelMindless PleasuresBel Ami, Los Angeles

August 1 – September 26, 2020
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Grand Hotel AbyssHALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz

September 20 – November 28, 2019
A project selected by Library staff:

Zheng BoBeech, Pine, Fern, AcaciaKiang Malingue, Hong Kong

March 18 – May 6, 2023
August 19, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

GelitinDemocratic Sculpture 7The Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, Chicago

September 23, 2023 – January 12, 2024
A project from this month in 2013:

Mai-Thu PerretThe PrairieGalerie Francesca Pia, Zürich

August 31 – October 12, 2013
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Hajra WaheedHold Everything DearThe Power Plant, Toronto

September 21, 2019 – January 5, 2020
August 12, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

DAS INSTITUTT H U S ! La Technique De Brätsch / DI WHY RELAX! Raincoats & Röder Desert Capes in cooperation with a DAS INSTITUT My Favorite Artworks As Cakes Baking WorkshopNew Jerseyy, Basel

May 7 – 29, 2010
A project from this month in 2015:

Giorgio GriffaPainting into the FoldBergen Kunsthall

August 28 – October 18, 2015
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Brick WallBel Ami, Los Angeles

February 15 – March 18, 2023
August 5, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Anicka YiExcuse Me, Your Necklace is LeakingThe Green Gallery, Milwaukee

April 30 – June 12, 2011
A project from this month in 2014:

Nihilistic BeliefAntenna Space, Shanghai

July 19 – September 5, 2014
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Amy BallEnergyNeue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt

March 28 – May 2, 2019
July 29, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Brook HsuOranges, Clementines and TangerinesKiang Malingue, Hong Kong

October 6 – November 12, 2022
A project from this month in 2010:

Lara Schnitgerdamned womenModern Art, London

July 9 – August 7, 2010
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Samuel Levi JonesSavage eliteAltman Siegel, San Francisco

April 25 – May 25, 2024
July 22, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Reena Spaulings;-)Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

December 10, 2011 – January 14, 2012
A project from this month in 2020:

Camille HenrotSaturday, TuesdayArt Sonje Center, Seoul

July 23 – September 13, 2020
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Connah PodmoreThis body also holds mineTe Tuhi, Auckland

June 9 – August 11, 2019
July 15, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Nairy BaghramianBreath Holding SpellSecession, Vienna

November 20, 2021 – February 20, 2022
A project from this month in 2011:

Shannon EbnerHammer Projects: Shannon EbnerHammer Museum, Los Angeles

July 16 – October 9, 2011
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Anna WittDie Suche nach dem letzten GrundKunst Halle Sankt Gallen

March 5 – May 22, 2016
July 8, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Tony MatelliYesterdayThe Green Gallery, Milwaukee

October 16 – November 26, 2009
A project from this month in 2020:

Jean-Charles HueTijuana TalesLulu, Mexico City

July 11 – September 12, 2020