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:

October 14, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Café CrèvecœurMontesquiou, Gers

July 5 – 31, 2024
A project from this month in 2009:

Chinese BoxOverduin and Kite, Los Angeles

October 4 – 31, 2009
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Cay BahnmillerGalerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin

February 17 – April 15, 2023
October 7, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Kerstin Brätsch, Mariechen DanzClouded in Vain 2021 Silbersee II, Haltern am See, GermanySilbersee II, Haltern am See, Germany

June 2 – 27, 2021
A project from this month in 2009:

Entropy CubeKim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga

October 8 – November 1, 2009
A random project from the Library’s archives:

David AltmejdFacesModern Art, London

January 23 – February 14, 2015
September 30, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

Kitty Kraus, Christos TzivelosThe nights are black as inkRadio Athènes

June 5 – September 28, 2024
A project from this month in 2016:

Juliette BlightmanExtimacy & I Want to Live in the Country (and Other Romances)Kunsthalle Bern

September 24 – November 3, 2016
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Ridiculously Yours! Art, Awkwardness And EnthusiasmHALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz

October 13, 2023 – February 25, 2024
September 23, 2024
A project selected by Library staff:

KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch & Debo Eilers)HOMECICCIO, Brooklyn

August 31 – September 24, 2022
A project from this month in 2019:

Phil Peters, Karen ReimerOutside/InLAXART, Los Angeles

September 22 – November 10, 2019
A random project from the Library’s archives:

Stephen G. RhodesHalf FilledMisako & Rosen, Tokyo

January 15 – February 12, 2023
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 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