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The world-spanning art of the Harlem Renaissance. A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the world-spanning art of the Harlem Renaissance. In January 1969, the Metropolitan ...
The Harlem Renaissance — known then as the "New Negro Movement" — saw the rise of jazz, ... "All these job opportunities are drawing farmers to places like Detroit and Chicago and New York.
Sometimes it’s the sleepers that stay with you. In “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism,” a sprawling exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was a watercolor still ...
At the Met, ‘The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism’ Proves a Worthy, If Somewhat Uneven, Draw. Historical context and artistic comparisons are important, but they’re applied only ...
The Harlem Renaissance, which lasted from roughly 1918 to 1937, was a cultural explosion of Black art, music, literature and more based out of New York City’s Harlem neighborhood.
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism Opens to members Feb. 22 and to the public Feb. 25, through July 28, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave., (212) 535-7710; metmuseum.org.
The Harlem Renaissance, also known as the New Negro Movement, was a movement of the 1920s and '30s that sought to redefine Black identity through literature, music, painting, photography, and ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art mounts an almost overwhelmingly ambitious exhibition focused on black art from the 1920s through the ’40s.
But, Murray said, if Fauset and Du Bois hadn’t been maintaining a rumored secret love affair, the entire legacy, including the Harlem Renaissance, may not have occurred.
The Harlem Renaissance was a golden age of Black culture. An iconic period of our history, the time between 1920 and 1937 gave birth to Black literature, art, fashion and music that left a lasting ...
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 ...