#  Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art 

 



##  The Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art 

 Welcome! 

**The Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art** (formerly the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery), operated by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, features exhibitions focused on African, African American, and Afro-Latin American art, history, and culture. It is always free and open to the public.



 

 

 

       ![Facade of the Locke Gallery at night, vertical beams backlit by interior windows.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_21_9__1920x825/public/2025-09/LockeGallery.jpg?itok=-bXQOOP8) 

 

 



 

 



 



 

 

 

 

##  Press 

 



  [### Harvard GSAS Colloquy: The Power of Looking, Article and video interview with Cécile Fromont

 ](https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/power-looking) March 23, 2026 

 

   ![Cécile Fromont sitting on a bench in the Locke Gallery.  She wears a purple blouse and black pants.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-03/Screenshot%202026-03-26%20at%2012.36.00%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=ElGIeg0V) 

 



 

 

   [### CBS News: "Boston celebrates 100th Black History Month by teaching new generations through workshops, art"

 ](https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-celebrates-100th-black-history-month-art-exhibit-harvard/) February 28, 2026 

 

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   [### The Culture Show: Interview with Dell Hamilton about "Renaissance, Race, and Representation" at the Alain Locke Gallery

 ](https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/the-culture-show/february-17-2026-on-frederick-wiseman-dell-hamilton-uli-lorimer-on-the-snowpack-and-matthew-shifrin) February 17, 2026 

 

   ![Thumbnail from the Culture Show, showing the hosts and title.](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2026-02/Screenshot%202026-02-23%20at%204.09.22%E2%80%AFPM.png?itok=AIxpacY0) 

 



 

 

  

 

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##  Recent Exhibitions 

 [ All exhibitions chevron\_right](/exhibitions) 

 



  [### Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Renaissance, Race, and Representation in the Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art

 ](/renaissance-race-representation) 

   ![Jitterbugs III by William Henry Johnson, 1941-42.     Courtesy of the Harmon & Harriet Kelley Collection](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-09/jbug.jpg?h=8067e7fc&itok=4byRgjkm) 

 

 

 

  [### Spring 2025 - Free as they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory

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   ![](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-06/FrederickDouglass_OmarVictorDiop_0.JPG?itok=H_D4WFms) 

 

 

 

  [### Fall 2023 - Spring 2024 Day One DNA

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   ![day1dnabutton](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/coopergallery/files/day1dnabutton.jpg?itok=1r0hy36U) 

 

 

 

  [### Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 El Pasado Mío / My Own Past

 ](/el-pasado-mio) 

   ![Button for Fall 2022 Exhibition](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/coopergallery/files/fall2022button.jpg?itok=R9KVV-0c) 

 

 

 

  [### Spring 2020 Somnyama Ngonyama: Hail the Dark Lioness

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   ![Zanele Muholi exhibition button](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/coopergallery/files/lion2.jpg?itok=nwuGxX7U) 

 

 

 

  [### Fall 2019 The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart's Life in Jazz

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   ![Sound of my Soul](/sites/g/files/omnuum11446/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/coopergallery/files/soundsoul.jpg?itok=TRpDtuvK) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managed by the Locke Gallery

### The Hutchins Center Fine Art Collection 

 

 [ Learn more about the collection here arrow\_circle\_right ](/collection) 

 



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 *Food Faerie* by Yinka Shonibare, 2010