The Studio Museum in Harlem serves as an internationally recognized home for Black art and artists, championing new scholarships and cultural dialogue while anchoring the historic 125th Street corridor as a vital civic institution. Thelma Golden, the Ford Foundation director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, the world’s leading institution devoted to visual arts by artists of African descent, joins Asahi Pompey, global head of the Office of Corporate Engagement and chair of the Urban Investment Group at Goldman Sachs, to discuss the museum’s 14-year journey to build its new state-of-the-art home. They also talk about the importance of maintaining cultural anchors in a changing neighborhood, and why Golden believes art remains an essential tool for reconciling reality and imagining new possibilities.
This episode was recorded on February 19, 2026.
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