Contemporary Art Library

Welcome! The Library includes more than 435,000 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:

March 27, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Cynthia DaignaultWhich is the Sun and Which is the Shadow?Lisa Cooley, New York

September 8 – October 20, 2013
A project from this month in 2014:

Xavier AntinOffshoreCrèvecoeur, Paris

March 22 – May 10, 2014
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Karla BlackThe Power Plant, Toronto

October 20 – December 30, 2018
March 20, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Diamond Stingilydead DaughterCabinet, London

September 9 – November 13, 2021
A project from this month in 2019:

Heritage SocietyTe Tuhi, Auckland

March 23 – May 19, 2019
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Valerie Keane, Bailey ScieszkaThe Shrine of VenusWhat Pipeline, Detroit

May 12 – June 24, 2017
March 13, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Yuki KimuraHarvest, Human MiseryMathew, Berlin

March 13 – April 18, 2015
A project from this month in 2013:

I dreamt the work of another artistKunsthalle Lissabon

March 28, 2013 – June 1, 2016
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Jos de Gruyter & Harald ThysWhite SuprematismContemporary Art Centre Vilnius

April 15 – May 29, 2016
March 6, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Dinah YoungCirca 1997 – 2001Lasting Concept

2017
A project from this month in 2014:

Sarah JonesMaureen Paley, London

March 17 – April 18, 2014
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Nicole WermersGrundstückJessica Silverman, San Francisco

January 10 – February 18, 2017
February 27, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Caroline Bachmann58 av. J.-CGalerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich

November 12 – December 4, 2021
A project from this month in 2017:

Dashiell ManleyEJessica Silverman, San Francisco

February 23 – April 8, 2017
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Portraits from the École des Beaux-Arts ParisThe Drawing Center, New York

April 10 – June 28, 2015
February 20, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Patricia L. BoydGood GrammarPotts, Los Angeles

April 22 – June 24, 2018
A project from this month in 2018:

Lutz BraunPassing motoristJacky Strenz, Frankfurt

February 3 – April 22, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

T.A.L.E. 
The After Lucy Experiment  Etablissement d’en face, Brussels

September 10 – October 29, 2011
February 13, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Christine WangDevotional Art for Your HomeNight Gallery, Los Angeles

October 15 – November 12, 2016
A project from this month in 2006:

Guy de CointetA Few DrawingsAir 2 Paris

February 25 – April 22, 2006
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Nanami HoriWhich rice bowl?Bel Ami, Los Angeles

June 5 – July 10, 2021
February 6, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Anna GlantzPAGE (NYC), New York

September 22 – November 1, 2018
A project from this month in 2015:

Walter SmithRag CinemaBridget Donahue, New York

February 19 – April 5, 2015
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Servane MaryRemakes 2006-2018JOAN, Los Angeles

March 3 – April 14, 2019
January 30, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Nina ManobraJir Sandel, Copenhagen

November 21 – 26, 2020
A project from this month in 2012:

Phillip LaiModern Art, London

January 13 – February 11, 2012
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Angelica MesitiRelay LeagueArt Sonje Center, Seoul

January 12 – February 11, 2018
January 23, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Petrit HalilajI'm hungry to keep you close. I want to find the words to resist but in the end there is a locked sphere. The funny thing is that you're not here, nothing is.Kunsthalle Lissabon

July 17 – September 27, 2014
A project from this month in 2018:

Michael OppitzEnquiries on the Fringes of WritingGalerie Buchholz, Berlin

January 26 – April 14, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Eduardo CostaLas relaciones mentales / Mental RelationsMuseo Tamayo, Mexico City

October 4, 2017 – January 7, 2018
January 16, 2023
A project from this month in 2010:

SemiconductorBlack RainKim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga

January 16 – February 7, 2010
A random project from the Library’s archives:

William EngelenWilliam Engelen: FaltenThe Drawing Center, New York

November 22, 2013 – January 12, 2014