The novelist and screenwriter works in a mode he calls “urban panorama”—a sociologically rich depiction of the tensions of ...

Art21 is the world’s leading source to learn directly from the artists of our time. The mission of Art21 is to educate and ...

As summer hits its stride, the city’s museums and galleries are pulling out the stops, with shows of work by Faith Ringgold, ...

As Shane Meadows' indie marvel TwentyFourSeven arrives on Blu-ray, we recommend 10 other monochrome masterpieces of the modern era, from directors including Christopher Nolan, Sally Potter and Isaac ...

A rhapsodic retrospective in New York traces his steps from Tennessee to Paris and realistic portraits to all-out abstraction ...

When putting together a list of the 30 Best Black Films of the 21st century, you first have to recognize that Black entertainers have been a part of cinema for almost as long as it has existed. They ...

This year, the U.S. Book Show moves to Harlem on the heels of the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. Much has happened in the neighborhood since the seminal works of Langston Hughes ...

Lasting from the 1910s to the 1930s, the Harlem Renaissance inspired generations of Black American artists and activists — and helped pave the way for the civil rights movement. When reflecting on ...

She recently curated an exhibit called " The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism," which was on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2024. Brandon Hutchinson: Associate Professor of ...

While the Harlem Renaissance was a redefining time for Black Americans, it was about more than just music or literature. It was a time of empowerment, where people shared their hopes, struggles and ...

The Harlem Renaissance, a cultural and intellectual movement of the 1920s, stands as a pivotal chapter in American history, particularly in the arts. Centered in Harlem, New York, this movement ...

What stood out more to me is that there is a Black woman who started the literary side of the Harlem Renaissance.” Hughes’s high praise for Fauset was Murray’s introduction to her subject.