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The Locke Gallery is closed for installation during the summer of 2026. We will reopen to the public in fall 2026 with a new exhibition.

Alain Locke

Alain Leroy Locke (13 Sept. 1885–9 June 1954), philosopher and literary critic, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Pliny Ishmael Locke, a lawyer, and Mary Hawkins, a teacher and member of the Felix Adler Ethical Society. Locke graduated...

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Opened in the fall of 2014 and rededicated in the fall of 2025, The Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art at the Hutchins Center features contemporary and historical exhibitions of African and African American art, archival materials, and...

Hutchins Center Art Collection

Selections from the Hutchins Center's Art Collection The Hutchins Center has a robust art collection consisting of contemporary works and historic objects related to the study and display of African American and Afro-Latin American culture. This...

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Alain Locke Gallery of African & African American Art 102 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Hutchins Center for African & African American Research Harvard University Tel 617-496-5777 lockegallery@fas.harvard.edu

Day One DNA

Day One DNA: 50 Years in Hiphop Culture from the private collection of Ice T & DJ Afrika Islam Curated by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn On view from November 3, 2023, to May 31, 2024 Day One DNA: 50 Years in Hiphop Culture is an immersive multimedia exhibition...