Earlier this month, the Studio Museum in Harlem unveiled more details about its new home on 125th Street, which will open in the fall of 2025. The new space marks an exciting chapter for one of New York’s most important institutions, as confirmed by the fact that these details were unveiled alongside news that the museum would up its capital fundraising goal to $300 million from $250 million, with $285 million raised so far. Spearheading that fundraising and this project is the museum’s visionary director Thelma Golden, who recently told us more about the project.

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Next fall’s inaugural show at the new building will feature the work of Tom Lloyd. How did you decide that he would be given the first show?

With this exhibition, we are moving ahead by coming full circle. Fifty-six years ago, the Studio Museum was inaugurated with “Electronic Refractions II,” a solo exhibition of Tom Lloyd’s colorful, abstract, wall-mounted sculptures, with lights that flashed in electronically programmed patterns. Since then, however, there have been no solo institutional shows of this truly trailblazing artist, educator and activist. We feel it’s deeply meaningful to make Lloyd’s work the subject of one of our inaugural exhibitions at a moment when art historians are beginning to rediscover him. This gesture pays respect to his history and ours, showcases the depth of scholarship and commitment to........

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