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A Student Thesis Has Become a Groundbreaking Show About How Black People Have Been Pictured Across Art History

September 26, 2018 · Blog · Celebration · Uncategorized

September 26, 2018HarlemAdminBlog, Celebration, Uncategorized

Every student of art history will at some point come across Édouard Manet’s Olympia, a painting widely considered as a foundational work of modern art. Denise Murrell recalls the moment the lecture slide first flashed up on the screen when she was a graduate student at Columbia. “My heart started beating a little bit faster,”

1920s Harlem as a Destination

August 15, 2018 · Articles · Blog

August 15, 2018HarlemAdminArticles, Blog

July 29, 2018 by Stephen Robertson Summer did not just lead residents to depart Harlem for day trips and longer summer camps; it also brought visitors to the neighborhood. Some came as individuals to study or see family, friends and the city’s attractions, others as groups for large events. Evidence of the presence of

The Harlem Renaissance: What Was It, and Why Does It Matter?

August 15, 2018 · Articles · Blog

August 15, 2018HarlemAdminArticles, Blog

What was the Harlem Renaissance and when did it begin?By Cary D. Wintz – February 2015 This seemingly simple question reveals the complexities of the movement we know varyingly as the New Negro Renaissance, the New Negro Movement, the Negro Renaissance, the Jazz Age, or the Harlem Renaissance. To answer the question it is necessary