The 1960 painting by the Harlem artist is on the auction block, months after it was saved from a condemned Cape Cod house. Bidding for the colorful, abstract piece, which was painted on the interior ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum / Gift of the Harmon Foundation ... as Johnson heeded Harlem Renaissance leader Alain Locke’s call to “do something on your own people.” ...

James Van Der Zee was an African-American photographer known for his distinctive portraits from the Harlem Renaissance. The artist used photography as a means not only to celebrate black culture but ...

Another of the originators of the Harlem Renaissance, Charles S. Johnson worked with Alain Locke to plan the March 21 dinner. Believing that art and literature could help uplift African Americans ...

55 years after its disastrous Harlem Renaissance show that featured no art by black artists, the New York Met has another show of the modern art movement's work 160 pieces depict the realities of ...

Jazz music and flapper fashion defined the era's sound and look. The Harlem Renaissance brought popularity to art created by Black Americans. The Roaring Twenties — now 100 years ago — looked ...

The Legacy Ball will not only honor the Harlem Renaissance’s 100th anniversary, but celebrate its long-lasting influence on Black history, art, and fashion. WBM’s founder, Myrdith Leon ...

poetry and music that is now collectively known as the Harlem Renaissance. A photography exhibit currently… ...