Art
The Internationalism of the Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a globally networked movement of sprawling self-determination energized by the new modalities of Black subjectivity.
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Film
New Film Spotlights Augusta Savage, Grand Dame of the Harlem Renaissance
The first installment of PBS’s American Masters tells the story of a steadfast Black sculptor who overcame countless barriers.
News
New USPS Stamps Commemorate Four Harlem Renaissance Figures
Stylized in soft hues, new stamps bear the likenesses of novelist Nella Larsen, philosopher Alaine Locke, historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, and poet Anne Spencer.
Art
What It Means to Dream Avant-Garde
To Dream Avant-Garde acknowledges the artistic innovators of today — those who push the cultural status quo in their work.
Art
Langston Hughes’s Collection of Rent Party Cards from Harlem
Yale University's Beinecke Library is displaying Langston Hughes's collection of rent party cards, which advertised fundraising gatherings in an era of discriminatory Harlem rent.
Art
A Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance in Maps, Manuscripts, and Art
Gather Out of Star-Dust at Yale University's Beinecke Library is a building-wide exhibition of over 300 rare artifacts from the Harlem Renaissance.
Art
Yale Highlights an Archive of African-American Culture on Its 75th Anniversary
The university is marking 75 years of its James Weldon Johnson Collection, which celebrates the man and his immense legacy.
Art
A Rare Encounter with an Aaron Douglas Painting that References Slavery’s Past
Lavender and gold silhouettes of soldiers on horseback, waves, and a kneeling figure overlap on the flat plane of Aaron Douglas's "Let My People Go" (1935–39).
Art
Virtually Visiting the Harlem Renaissance
When Harlem's Renaissance Ballroom was demolished this year, the 1920s Jazz Age past of the neighborhood became a little harder to see.
Art
Faith Ringgold's Unrealized Tribute to Harlem Literary Life
A little-known depiction of Harlem literary life and African-American literature by Faith Ringgold is currently on view at the New York Public Library in its exhibition The ABC of It: Why Children's Books Matter.