May 2026 BAG
Your curated Black Art Guide for this month.
Los Angeles
West side
[NEW-ish] Arthur Jafa (Instagram): The White Album at the Hammer (14 Mar-30 Aug)
Midtown/Central LA
[NEW MUSEUM-ish] Peter Zumthor’s (Instagram unofficial) new LACMA building opens to the public on Monday 4 May 2026, and it features a massive Todd Gray piece to welcome you to the new space.
[NEW] (Not Black, but worth your time) Spencer Finch at Lisson Gallery (26 Jun-22 Aug)
East Side/DTLA
[NEW-ish] Destiny Is a Rose: The Eileen Harris Norton Collection at Hauser & Wirth (24 Feb-16 Aug)
[NEW] Rahim Fortune (Instagram): Between a Memory and Me at CAAM, 3401 W. 43rd Place Los Angeles (18 Apr-5 Sep)
New York City
Chelsea
[NEW] Sanford Biggers (Instagram): Solo Exhibition at Marianne Boesky Gallery (30 Apr-13 June)
[NEW] Danielle McKinney (Instagram): Solo Exhibition at Marianne Boesky Gallery (7 May 7-13 Jun)
[NEW] Chester Higgins (Instagram): Shared Memories at Bruce Silverstein* (16 Apr-18 Jun)
[NEW] (Not Black, but worth your time) OSGEMEOS (Instagram): The Open Window at Lehmann Maupin (23 Apr-6 Jun)
TriBeCa
[NEW GALLERY] Southern Guild opens in TriBeCa! (Opened 24 Apr)
[NEW] Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (Instagram): Many A Moonlit Caveat at Jack Shainman Gallery (24 Apr-31 Jul)
Elsewhere
Houston
[NEW] John Akomfrah (Instagram): The Hour Of The Dog at the Menil Collection (24 Apr-11 Oct)
Lausanne, Switzerland
[NEW-ish] Otobong Nkanga (Instagram): I dreamt of you in colors at the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts (3 Apr-23 Aug)
London
[NEW] Carrie Mae Weems (Instagram): at Goodman Gallery (14 Apr-25 May)
[NEW] The Music is Black: A British Story at V&A East Museum, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London (18 Apr-3 Jan)
Milwaukee
[NEW] Widline Cadet (Instagram): Currents 40 at the Milwaukee Art Museum (8 May-9 Aug)
Richmond, VA
[NEW] Mary Lovelace O’Neal (Instagram): Blacker than a hundred midnights down in a cypress swamp at Virginia Museum of Fine Art (18 Apr-2 Aug)
Upcoming
Have I missed anything? Let me know!
*Indicates I have seen the show and can personally recommend it!
