Instagram story viewer> @longgalleryharlem> Posts

Long Gallery Harlem

@longgalleryharlem

8.3K

followers

4806

following

presents African diasporic genius centered on the visual arts

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Download All

If you missed last month’s sold-out exhibition, or want to see it again, check out our recap of “A House Is Not a Home” above. We were proud to welcome thousands of visitors to our pop-up exhibition home that ESSENCE said “made the gallery itself feel like a home.”

Want to be the first to know about future exhibitions? Stay connected by subscribing to our ICYMI Newsletter: Long Gallery Harlem’s survey of African diasporic genius. Link in bio.

🏠 “A House Is Not a Home”
🗓️ August 1-23, 2026
🖼️ Curated by: Jade Smith @j.elizabethflint and Taylor Thomas @created.by.taylor
🎥 Bilal Hefner @bilalhefner

#HouseNotHome
#blackwomenartists
#blackartists
#marthasvineyard
#250 taken in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

93

4

24 days ago

‘The Three Graces’ (2026) by Alexandria Smith is now on view through November 15, 2026 at Long Gallery Harlem.

🖤

Alexandria Smith was seated at her dining room table when a copy of June Jordan’s ‘Directed By Desire’ (2005) arose from its slumber on an adjacent bookcase, sprouted wings, soared off the shelf, and landed squarely on her shoulder. “I believe in spirits and ghosts … June definitely knocked the book off the shelf,” she remembers. And so begins the origin story of ‘The Three Graces’ (2026), a research-based drawing Smith compose in response to June Jordan and Buckminster Fuller’s ‘Skyrise for Harlem’ for Jupiter Issue 007: Architecture.

As part of Long Gallery Harlem’s Art In The Window series, this installation physically embeds ‘The Three Graces’ within the architectural landscape that Jordan was so intent on reimagining. taken in Long Gallery Harlem by @longgalleryharlem

169

8

a month ago

Unveiling today…

ART IN THE WINDOW #9

September 11 - November 13, 2026

Alexandria Smith, “The Three Graces”, 2026.

Pastel charcoal and collage on strathmore paper, 96 x 84 inches.

Photography by Lachell Workman. taken in Long Gallery Harlem by @longgalleryharlem

72

3

a month ago

Welcome to the collection @created.by.taylor. Emerging artist from California with roots on Martha’s Vineyard featured artist of A house is not a home exhibition by the Long Gallery. The object features her grandmother and is titled composite #7 by @longgalleryharlem

304

16

a month ago

Speaking of Harlem, congratulations to Lewis Long of Long Gallery Harlem for a creative and timely exhibition on Wing Road in Oak Bluffs from August 1- 23. Entitled A House is Not a Home, a group exhibition that received some 2,000 visitors during their stay. The exhibition traced several decades of America’s 250-year history and featured artist and co-curator Taylor Thomas presenting some 25 artists within the context of a residence rather than a gallery. This conveyed a more intimate space asserting home and identity inspired by family and personal lineage. Congrats and looking forward to 2027! @vineyardgazette #richardtaylor 🙏🏾 taken in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

34

0

a month ago

@essence and @akili_ 🙏🏾 taken in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

274

26

a month ago

@the.root 🙏🏾 taken in Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

153

1

2 months ago

Bisa Butler @bisabutler is known for creating a new genre of quilting, incorporating photographs, drawings, and fabric into handcrafted original portraits. Watch as the artist discusses her early inspirations, including the work of Loïs Jones—and then see work by both artists in “A House Is Not a Home”. Through August 23 in Oak Bluffs, MA.

🏠”A House Is Not a Home”
🗓️August 1-23, 2026
📍Oak Bluffs, MA

#HouseNotHome
#blackwomenartists
#blackartists
#marthasvineyard
#250 taken in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

1k

38

2 months ago

Only a few days left to see the exhibition “A House is Not a Home”, and we are elated to share two new works by artist Calida Rawles. These final two additions depict Black people’s complex relationship with water. The Transatlantic slave trade, environmental racism, and historical exclusion from public bodies of water marks our highly charged relationship with water. Rawles reflects this history as well as the healing and spiritual properties of the element. By reflecting upon both, she imagines new possibilities.

Tickets to the exhibition are sold out through our run on Martha’s Vineyard. For sales inquiries and to stay connected to the gallery, subscribe to our newsletter and contact us through our link in bio.

🏠 “A House Is Not a Home”
🗓️ August 1-23, 2026
📍 Oak Bluffs, MA

#HouseNotHome
#blackwomenartists
#blackartists
#marthasvineyard
#250 taken in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

291

7

2 months ago

Mickalene Thomas @mickalenethomas is best known for her collage-inspired paintings, embellished with rhinestones, enamel, and colorful acrylics. She is also one of 25 Black women artists featured in the exhibition “A House Is Not a Home”. Watch the artist discuss her practice — and then see her work on view in the final days of the exhibition!

🏠: “A House Is Not a Home”
🗓️: August 1–23, 2026
📍: Martha’s Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, MA
🎥🎞️: Bilal Hefner @bilalhefner

#HouseNotHome
#blackartist
#blackwomenartist
#marthasvineyard
#250 taken in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

300

8

2 months ago

As we prepare for our final days of the exhibition “A House Is Not a Home”, we proudly present the artist Ashanté Kindle — with two new works added to the exhibition. Kindle’s additions to the show highlight the joy of having Black hair, evoking childhood memories of the communal aspect of visiting hair salons and barbershops.

Tickets to the exhibition are sold out through our run on Martha’s Vineyard. For sales inquiries and to stay connected to the gallery, subscribe to our newsletter and contact us through our link in bio.

🏠”A House Is Not a Home”
🗓️August 1-23, 2026
📍Oak Bluffs, MA

#HouseNotHome
#blackwomenartists
#blackartists
#marthasvineyard
#250 by @longgalleryharlem

169

8

2 months ago

Black women have always been asked to carry. To endure. To perform strength, while rest and joy are optional.

Black Women Resting is an exploration of the importance of rest and joy. . What does it look like when Black women choose themselves? The conversation moves through statistics, lived experience and audience participation.

Attendees will be treated to a curated walkthrough of A House is Not a Home, including the Black Women Resting visual essay.
🔗 On our story taken in Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard by @longgalleryharlem

351

21

2 months ago