Contemporary Art Library

Welcome! The Library includes more than 430,000 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:

November 28, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Harry DodgeHarry Dodge: Works of LoveJOAN, Los Angeles

July 8 – September 30, 2018
A project from this month in 2016:

Building Modern Bodies: The Art of BodybuildingKunsthalle Zürich

November 21 – February 7, 2016
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Kaz OshiroLounge: Kaz OshiroSwiss Institute, New York

January 13 – February 21, 2004
November 21, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Rosemarie TrockelDeliquescence of the MotherKunsthalle Zürich

May 8 – August 15, 2010
A project from this month in 2007:

Eric WesleySpaference RoomBortolami, New York

November 30, 2007 – January 5, 2008
A random project from the Library’s archives:

José Delgado ZuñigaNoisesCENTRAL FINE, Miami

February 7 – March 10, 2021
November 14, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Beyond the Black AtlanticKunstverein Hannover

February 15 – April 26, 2020
A project from this month in 2004:

Lutz BacherCrimson & Clover (Over & Over)Participant Inc., New York

November 21 – December 19, 2004
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Cocina Abierta Collective (Christina Sanchez Juarez, Cayetano Juarez, Mario Mesquita and Oakland Bautista)Help WantedLACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

July 9 – August 16, 2014
November 7, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Sonia KacemLoulou replayKunstverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg

February 7 – April 26, 2015
A project from this month in 2018:

On CirculationBergen Kunsthall

November 16, 2018 – January 13, 2019
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Dana HoeyExperiments in Primitive LivingPetzel, New York

November 21 – December 20, 2008
October 31, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Unraveling Collective FormsLACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

April 3 – May 25, 2019
A project from this month in 2011:

Ato MalindaIncommensurable IdentitiesKunsthal Aarhus

October 8, 2011 – January 8, 2012
A random project from the Library’s archives:

project space 13The Lily, Calgary

2018
October 24, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Cassandra Press, Kandis WilliamsThe Absolute Right to Exclude: Reflections on and Implications of Cheryl Harris' Whiteness as PropertyLAXART, Los Angeles

May 28 – July 31, 2021
A project from this month in 2015:

Elvin FlamingoCollective Making 02, Part 2 / Ants’ WayKunsthal Aarhus

October 2 – November 29, 2015
A random project from the Library’s archives:

John OlsonIntenselizonioWhat Pipeline, Detroit

February 21 – March 29, 2014
October 17, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Stano FilkoMULTIMODAL GOOGLIFICATION OF COSMOLOGY-ORIENTED DIAGRAMMATIC EXPERIMENTATIONS OF STANO FILKOLayr, Vienna

May 3 – June 15, 2019
A project from this month in 1992:

Compagnie Philippe SaireSwiss Dance Festival V: Don QuixoteFlorence Gould Hall, New York

October 9 – 11, 1992
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Kazuyuki TakezakiNumbers and VariationsMisako & Rosen, Tokyo

May 26 – July 7, 2013

We are proud to be a media partner of the first Onsen Confidential, which took place recently in Tokyo and Atami, Japan. We produced a full archive of the event's art presentations, which you can see on Contemporary Art Library here.

October 10, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Kevin Desbouis, Pati Hill, Charlotte Houetteother people!s clothingLes Bains-Douches, Alençon

March 11 – April 24, 2022
A project from this month in 2009:

Daniel BurenTo Cut Out: Situated Works 1969-2009Bortolami, New York

October 30 – December 22, 2009
A random project from the Library’s archives:

N. DashHammer Projects: N. DashHammer Museum, Los Angeles

September 13, 2014 – January 25, 2015
October 3, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Wang JianweiAlways being, but not the wholeLong March Space, Beijing

March 20 – May 30, 2021
A project from this month in 2016:

Against the Romance of CommunitySwiss In situ, New York

September 22 – October 23, 2016
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Adam Linder, Shahryar NashatSOME STRANDS OF SUPPORT / HARD UP FOR SUPPORTSchinkel Pavillon, Berlin

April 28 – May 15, 2016

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We had intended to feature a selection of shows on Contemporary Art Daily, but after visiting Kassel in person in August, we realized how interwoven the works are and decided it would be more appropriate to offer the archive as a whole. We hope you are able to get a sense of this extraordinarily complex exhibition.

A project selected by Library staff:

Lin May SaeedDjamilLulu, Mexico City

September 30 – November 18, 2017
A project from this month in 2015:

Sergej JensenGalerie Buchholz, New York

September 11 – October 31, 2015
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Painted Over/Under Part 4: Kim SchoenstadtLACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions)

March 27 – April 17, 2011