Pop culture critic Miles Marshall Lewis explores the throughline from the Harlem Renaissance to hip-hop in The Met’s new exhibition. A stone’s throw from Harlem, on the stately campus of Columbia ...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is displaying “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” beginning on Feb. 25 until July 28, featuring some 160 works by artists of the Harlem Renaissance and ...
At the beginning of February, the Main Library set up an exhibit showcasing works from the Harlem Renaissance, led by Library Specialist for Collections, Events and Outreach Karen Huck. The Harlem ...
The New Negro Movement was a celebration of culture across the African diaspora in the early decades of the 20th century. In the U.S., the period was marked by Black families relocating to mostly ...
When we think about the Harlem Renaissance, we usually think about it as a literary movement, writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. But the Black cultural revival that spanned from the ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
An immersive article spotlights choreographers who are carrying forward the legacy of Black dance forms that flourished 100 years ago. By Marcelle Hopkins Marcelle Hopkins is a visual editor for the ...
Illuminating. Informative. Surprising. Perplexing. All of these apply to the large, ambitious survey “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
As the leaves turn and the air becomes crisp, there’s no better time to explore the vibrant neighborhood of Harlem, New York City. Known as one of the cultural epicenters for the Black community, ...
The Harlem Renaissance was one of the most important artistic and cultural milestones in modern history, and a sweeping new exhibit at The New York Historical highlights how this era was — as Henry ...
Song of smoke; the smoldering Black consciousness, 1900-1910 -- Moving out, fighting back; the great migration, organizing for freedom, and World War I, 1911-1920 -- Black metropolis; the rise of ...