Mickalene Thomas
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Selected Works114

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Previous Sales 63

For Sale 4

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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Heckscher Museum of Art · Huntington, New York, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.1.1 · UV pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 2 silkscreen metallic shimmer and glitter layers, 2 satin and gloss detail layers and a matte varnish Silkscreen seal
Heckscher Museum of Art · Huntington, New York, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.1.2 · UV pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with 4 metallic silkscreen glitter and shimmer layers, a CMYK silkscreen central panel and matte varnish seal
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession M.2025.111 · Dye coupler print
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2024.359 · Rhinestones, acrylic, enamel, and oil on wood panel
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 410.2024 · Screenprint with silver glitter hand additions
Museum of Modern Art · New York City, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 253.2023.a-c · Rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel on wood, three panels
Newark Museum · Newark, New Jersey, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.6 · Rhinestones, acrylic and oil paint on canvas mounted on wood panel
Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2022 · Accession 2022.13 · Photographs
Crocker Art Museum · Sacramento, California, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.19.5 · Mixed media collage
Crocker Art Museum · Sacramento, California, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.19.4 · Color photograph
Crocker Art Museum · Sacramento, California, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.19.6 · Mixed media collage
Getty Museum · Los Angeles, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.46.2 · Photographs
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$25.8K – $1.8M
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$260K
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Feb 2026 · $218K
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Paintings: $260K medianPhotographs: $18.0K medianWorks on paper: $12.9K medianSculpture/objects: $35.6K medianEditioned prints: $10.5K medianUnclassified lots: $5.8K medianBooks/portfolios: — median
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Galleries6

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Podcast Interviews5

podcasts Episode 263 – A Conversation with Mickalene Thomas Cerebral Women · Mar 18, 2026
Headshot – Photo credit: © Chad Kirkland, 2019 Ep.263 Mickalene Thomas is a globally celebrated multidisciplinary artist renowned for her dazzling, rhinestone-studded portraits that boldly reimagine the representation of…
podcasts Mickalene Thomas - Season 24 - Episode 1 Talk Art · Feb 14, 2025
New @TalkArt podcast! We meet leading artist Mickalene Thomas to explore her major solo show in London’s Hayward Gallery . SEASON 24 BEGINS!!!! Happy Valentine’s Day! Our gift to you is Episode 1 of Season 24!!!! 'All Ab…
podcasts The Art World: In Other Words, The "Daft Punk of Contemporary Painting": Artist Mickalene Thomas The Art World: What If...?! · Feb 28, 2019
In the words of the Los Angeles Times , the artist Mickalene Thomas "is to contemporary painting what Daft Punk is to music: acclaimed as one of the more original remix artists working today." Her genre-busting work take…
podcasts No. 358: Mickalene Thomas The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Sep 14, 2018
Episode No. 358 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Mickalene Thomas. “Mickalene Thomas: I Can’t See You Without Me” opens at The Wexner Center for the Arts on Friday, September 14. The exhibition features fi…
podcasts No. 30: Mickalene Thomas and Marco Breuer The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Oct 23, 2014
Episode No. 30 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Mickalene Thomas and Marco Breuer. An exhibition of Thomas’s recent paintings, “Mickalene Thomas: Origin of the Universe,” is on view at the Santa Monica Mu…
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Education1

MFA · Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Publications8

Monograph 2

Phaidon Press · 2024
Muse Author
Aperture · 2015

Exhibition Catalog 1

Yale University Press · 2018

Group Catalog 1

Survey 4

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Current Exhibitions1

Beneath the Moonlight

Mickalene Thomas

1260 Library Street

Jun 6, 2026 — Aug 23, 2026

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Mickalene Thomas, the artist celebrated for her glittering, rhinestone-adorned portraits of Black women, has joined New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery. …
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Galerie's weekly roundup highlights nine art and design stories, including the launch of the contemporary art project 'Komorebi' at The St. Regis Veni…
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Library Street Collective in Detroit presents "Beneath the Moonlight," a solo exhibition of new works by Mickalene Thomas at the Shepherd. The show ma…
exhibitionsJun 4, 2026
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) will present "X Marks the Spot: Contemporary Screenprinting at Brand X Editions," an exhibition exploring the expressiv…
exhibitionsMay 24, 2026
The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with the exhibition "Everything Now All at Once," on view from Au…
exhibitionsMay 24, 2026
The Kitchen, a New York nonprofit arts organization, held its annual spring gala at City Winery to honor four female filmmakers: Cheryl Dunye, Garrett…
exhibitionsMay 22, 2026
SFMOMA has opened "Matisse's Femme au chapeau: A Modern Scandal," a new exhibition centered on Henri Matisse's iconic 1905 painting "Femme au chapeau"…
exhibitionsMay 16, 2026
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, acquired 314 works in 2025, bringing its collection to over 13,000 pieces. The acquisitio…
exhibitionsMay 13, 2026
The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden announced 314 new acquisitions in 2025, its 50th anniversary year. The additions span photogra…
exhibitionsMay 13, 2026
The Brooklyn Museum hosted its annual Brooklyn Artists Ball on Tuesday evening, serving as the opening celebration for the "Iris van Herpen: Sculpting…
exhibitionsMay 13, 2026
Designer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Jennifer Gilbert, based in Detroit, is selling select works from her contemporary art and design collection…
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Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys, the musician power couple, have built a major art collection known as the Dean Collection, now touring as the exhibition …
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The Gordon Parks Foundation held its annual Awards Dinner and Auction at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, raising nearly $2 million to support i…
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The Studio Museum in Harlem hosted a star-studded gala at the Glasshouse in Manhattan, raising $3.7 million to support its upcoming reopening. The eve…
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The Studio Museum in Harlem is set to inaugurate its new $160 million, purpose-built home on Manhattan’s 125th Street. Designed by Adjaye Associates i…
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This profile explores the Upper West Side residence of Crystal McCrary McGuire and Raymond J. McGuire, a power couple deeply embedded in New York City…
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Photographer Widline Cadet has opened her first solo museum exhibition in the United States, titled "Currents 40: Widline Cadet," at the Milwaukee Art…
exhibitionsMay 8, 2026
The Aspen Art Fair has announced more than 35 exhibitors for its third edition, returning to the Hotel Jerome from July 29 through August 1, 2026. Thi…
exhibitionsMay 7, 2026
Jennifer Rubio and Stewart Butterfield, both listed on ARTnews's Top 200 Collectors, have pledged $23 million to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Rubio…
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The article from Ebony.com explores the intersection of fashion and fine art, highlighting how Black designers are increasingly being recognized as fi…
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Past Exhibitions25

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Mickalene Thomas: All About Love

Mickalene Thomas

Washington Blvd. Fl. 1

Dec 17, 2025 — Mar 17, 2026

Mickalene Thomas, All About Love

Mickalene Thomas

75008 Paris, France

Dec 17, 2025 — Mar 17, 2026

je t'adore deux

Mickalene Thomas

3 Rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris, France

Oct 19, 2025 — Jan 17, 2026

Mickalene Thomas: All About Love

Mickalene Thomas

2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130, USA

Oct 20, 2024 — Jan 12, 2025

Exhibition Mickalene Thomas:All About Love October 20, 2024 – January 12, 2025 The first major international tour on Thomas’s pioneering work.

Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She's a Beauty, 2009

Mickalene Thomas

25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Oct 1, 2024 — Feb 17, 2025

October 1, 2024 - February 17, 2025 Fall/Winter 2024 Exhibition - Closed February 17, 2025 Mickalene Thomas: Sandra, She's a Beauty, 2009 More info

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Mickalene Thomas

Oranienburger Str. 18, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Sep 17, 2024 — Nov 2, 2024

Mickalene Thomas / Portrait of an Unlikely Space

Mickalene Thomas

1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

Sep 8, 2023 — Jan 7, 2024

Mickalene Thomas / Portrait of an Unlikely Space September 8, 2023 – January 7, 2024

Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Mickalene Thomas

3 Rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris, France

Oct 7, 2021 — Dec 18, 2021

Mickalene Thomas: Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Mickalene Thomas

19 E 64th St, New York, NY 10065, United States

Sep 11, 2021 — Nov 27, 2021

Mickalene Thomas: A Moment's Pleasure

Mickalene Thomas

10 Art Museum Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Nov 24, 2019 — May 29, 2022

Mickalene Thomas — November 24, 2019 – May 29, 2022

Mickalene Thomas: A Moment’s Pleasure

Mickalene Thomas

10 Art Museum Dr, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Nov 24, 2019 — Feb 22, 2020

Jet: beautés du mois

Mickalene Thomas

3 Rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris, France

Sep 25, 2019 — Nov 16, 2019

Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Mickalene Thomas

1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205, USA

Mar 9, 2019 — Oct 27, 2019

Exhibitions Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) Mar 9, 2019 – Oct 27, 2019

Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires

Mickalene Thomas

317 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, Canada

Nov 29, 2018 — Mar 24, 2019

Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires November 29, 2018 – March 24, 2019 Learn More

Mickalene Thomas: Femmes Noires

Mickalene Thomas

317 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON M5T 1G4, Canada

Nov 29, 2018 — Feb 27, 2019

Mickalene Thomas the desire of the other

Mickalene Thomas

501 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Nov 18, 2016 — Jan 7, 2017

Femme au divan I

Mickalene Thomas

3 Rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris, France

Sep 11, 2014 — Oct 28, 2014

Mickalene Thomas Tête de Femme

Mickalene Thomas

501 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jun 26, 2014 — Aug 8, 2014

How to Organize a Room Around a Striking Piece of Art

Mickalene Thomas

501 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Nov 14, 2012 — Jan 5, 2013

More Than Everything

Mickalene Thomas

501 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Sep 15, 2011 — Oct 29, 2011

Paintings, Drawings, and Photographs

Mickalene Thomas

Oct 20, 2006 — Nov 25, 2006

The Beginning of the End

Mickalene Thomas

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Sep 8, 2005 — Oct 22, 2005

Filling In The Pieces In Black

Cornelius Annor, Reginald Armstrong, Larry Amponsah, Ofunne Azinge, Radcliffe Bailey, Kwame Akoto Bamfo, Kwesi Botchway, Wonder Buhle, Samuel Desaboia, Godfried Donkor, Esiri Erheriene-Essi, Johnson Eziefula, Modupeola Fadugba, Nicola Green, Marcel Gyan, Lyle Ashton Harris, Yinka Ilori, Hassan Issah, Sthenjwa Luthuli, Alexis McGrigg, Mario Moore, Kaloki Nyamai, Joshua Oheneba-Takyi, Zak Ové, Patrick Quarm, Sheena Rose, Samuel de Saboia, Khadija Saye, Mickalene Thomas, Hank Willlis Thomas, Uthman Wahaab, Khari Turner, Lulama Wolf, Kwaku Yaro

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Art Fair Appearances36

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Felix Art Fair — Los Angeles
2026
Frieze New York — New York
2025
The Armory Show — New York
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2024
The Armory Show — New York
2024
Frieze New York — New York
2023
Paris Photo — Paris
2023
The Armory Show — New York
2023
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2022
Paris Photo — Paris
2022
The Armory Show — New York
2022
Paris Photo — Paris
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2021
The Armory Show — New York
2020
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2019
Paris Photo — Paris
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2019
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
The Armory Show — New York
2018
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2018
Art Basel — Basel
2017
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2017
FIAC — Paris
2017
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2017
The Armory Show — New York
2017
Art Basel — Basel
2016
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2016
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2016
Paris Photo — Paris
2016
Photo London — London
2016
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2016
The Armory Show — New York
2016
Untitled: Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2016
Art Basel — Basel
2014
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2014
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