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:

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
January 9, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Rey AkdoganHannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles

May 3 – June 21, 2014
A project from this month in 2018:

Rifat ChadirjiEvery Building in Baghdad: The Rifat Chadirji Archives at the Arab Image FoundationLAXART, Los Angeles

January 7 – February 17, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Yuki OkumuraMisako & Rosen, Tokyo

June 4 – July 2, 2017
January 2, 2023
A project selected by Library staff:

Guo FengyiThis Too is Guo FengyiKWM artcenter, Beijing

June 3 – August 3, 2020
A project from this month in 2017:

Andy RobertLakou: One Two FiveHannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles

December 15, 2017 – February 28, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Hannah GreelyBusy BoxParker Gallery, Los Angeles

September 8 – October 19, 2019
December 26, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Barbara KastenBehind the CurtainJessica Silverman, San Francisco

December 14, 2012 – January 26, 2013
A project from this month in 2008:

Henrik OlesenHow do I make myself a body?Galerie Buchholz, Berlin

December 11, 2008 – January 31, 2009
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Beauty Codes (order/disorder/chaos): Act IIKunsthalle Lissabon

July 27 – September 26, 2015
December 19, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Tschabalala SelfHammer Projects: Tschabalala SelfHammer Museum, Los Angeles

February 2 – June 9, 2019
A project from this month in 2011:

René PolleschDer Dialog ist ein unverständlicher KlassikerGalerie Buchholz, Berlin

December 16, 2011 – February 4, 2012
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Dorothy Iannone, Sarah PucciHannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles

September 10 – October 15, 2022
December 12, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Woody de OthelloLooking InJessica Silverman, San Francisco

October 2 – November 13, 2021
A project from this month in 2016:

Diāna TamaneMessage: 147 of 494Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga

December 8, 2016 – January 15, 2017
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Paulo MonteiroO Interior da Distância / The Inside of DistanceMendes Wood DM, São Paulo

October 3 – November 7, 2015
December 5, 2022
A project selected by Library staff:

Joanna PiotrowskaStable VicesKunsthalle Basel

October 25, 2019 – January 5, 2020
A project from this month in 2018:

Shinpei KusanagiMindlakeAltman Siegel, San Francisco

November 1 – December 21, 2018
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Will BenedictBad WeatherOverduin & Co., Los Angeles

September 13 – October 17, 2015
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