Contemporary Art Library

Welcome! The Library includes more than 425,000 images, documents and videos representing more than 14,000 exhibitions, performances and other projects. If you aren’t sure what to search for, please browse material from our Founding Partners below:

June 20, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Nobuyoshi ArakiFilm NostalgiaTaka Ishii Gallery Modern, Tokyo

May 7 – 28, 2022
A project from this month in 2018:

Paul Kelly & Christian FlammSecond Thoughts / Doutesdépendance, Brussels

June 2 – July 14, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Steinar Haga KristensenBallastContemporary Art Centre Vilnius

June 20 – August 17, 2014
June 13, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Hadi FallahpishehArrestCENTRAL FINE, Miami

January 12 – February 12, 2020
A project from this month in 2013:

Terry SmithTerry Smith: DocumentThe Drawing Center, New York

June 19 – August 18, 2013
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Zoé de SoumagnatLacunesLes Bains-Douches, Alençon

February 1 – March 15, 2020
June 6, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Kunié SugiuraCko 1966 – 67Taka Ishii Gallery, New York

September 7 – October 14, 2017
A project from this month in 2017:

Han BingNeighborhood Institutions – Paths, Nodes and EnclavesAntenna Space, Shanghai

June 3 – July 9, 2017
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Mai-Thu PerretAlphabet: Paintings and Text Works 2004-2009Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich

November 28, 2009 – January 23, 2010
May 30, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Ida EkbladBlood opticsMuseo Tamayo, Mexico City

May 2 – August 4, 2019
A project from this month in 2008:

Wolfgang TillmansMaureen Paley, London

May 28 – July 13, 2008
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Tom AllenThe LoversBel Ami, Los Angeles

October 6 – November 17, 2017
May 23, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

All at OnceJessica Silverman, San Francisco

September 1 – October 5, 2016
A project from this month in 2017:

Shozo Shimamoto, Atsuko TanakaTaka Ishii Gallery, New York

May 4 – 27, 2017
A random project from the Library’s archives:

FilletteGalerie Francesca Pia, Zürich

January 26 – March 17, 2018
May 16, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Rey AkdoganRadio Athènes

October 25 – December 10, 2016
A project from this month in 2014:

Rey AkdoganHannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles

May 3 – June 21, 2014
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Spine: Madeline Hollander, Eva LeWitt, Ragen MossJOAN, Los Angeles

December 2, 2018 – February 3, 2019
May 9, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Joseph GrigelyRemainsAir de Paris

October 26 – December 1, 2012
A project from this month in 2017:

Verena DenglerJackie of All Trades & Her Radical Chic Academy with (((HC Playner)))Kunsthalle Bern

May 20 – July 23, 2017
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Joseph GrigelyEven If You Can't HearGalerie Francesca Pia, Zürich

January 29 – March 12, 2016
May 2, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Caitlin KeoghAlphabet and DaggersThe Approach, London

October 1 – November 11, 2018
A project from this month in 2018:

Ella Kruglyanskaya, Matt PaweskiLulu, Mexico City

April 13 – June 16, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Fahrettin ÖrenliMoney without NationalityArt Sonje Center, Seoul

November 4 – December 17, 2017
April 25, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Simone FattalFix Your Gaze On Saturn’s RingsBergen Kunsthall

July 11 – August 16, 2020
A project from this month in 2017:

Kirsten EverbergKirsten EverbergGalerie Hussenot, Paris

April 22 – June 3, 2017
A random project from the Library’s archives:

The Sentimental Organization of the WorldCrèvecoeur, Paris

March 7 – April 19, 2020
April 18, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Marlie MulHave You Tried Turning It Off and On?WIELS, Brussels

March 31 – April 24, 2022
A project from this month in 2014:

Kyoko MuraseDrawingsTaka Ishii Gallery Modern, Tokyo

April 24 – May 24, 2014
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Friedrich KunathHome wasn't built in a dayKunstverein Hannover

November 28, 2009 – January 24, 2010
April 11, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Olga BalemaEarly ManSwiss Institute, New York

April 15 – May 19, 2016
A project from this month in 2015:

Arnaud DezoteuxVers le sous-bois des AuroresLes Bains-Douches, Alençon

April 11 – May 24, 2015