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A mixed-media collage decorated with two black-and-white photos, a childlike drawing, and an image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus surrounding a drawing of a flower and poem about the artist's mother.
Learn more about the artist’s singular blending of media, Puerto Rican and Nuyorican culture, activism, issues of colonialism, and personal history in his remarkable prints.
Deborah Cullen-Morales
September 27
The chest panel of an embroidered thobe. The embroidery accents the beige linen fabric with reds, greens, and blues in symmetrical, geometric patterns.
The memory, meaning, and makers of Palestinian embroidery.
Wafa Ghnaim
July 26
Detail of a vibrant quilt made up of squares with narrow, rectangular strips of alternating colors.
Audio
Threads of identity.
July 16
Group portrait of members of the Second Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Congregation poses in front of church building located at 441 Monroe Street; commercial buildings in background. Inset portrait of the Reverend Robert L. Bradby. Handwritten on front: "Second Baptist Church, Aug. 5, 1923. Jackson photo." Stamped on back: "Harvey C. Jackson, photographer. Clifford 6054 M. 2614 Beaubien St., Detroit, Mich. Suitable frames for this photograph in stock or made to order."
Unearthing my family history through James Van Der Zee and Harvey Cook Jackson's photography.
Lela Jenkins
June 14
Mildred Beltré and Oasa DuVerney smile during their interview about Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine's family portraits project.
Video
Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine, co-founded by Mildred Beltré and Oasa DuVerney, explores art-making as a community-building tool.
Brooklyn Hi-Art Machine
June 13
Reflective mirror that says EVERYTHING WILL BE TAKEN AWAY.
Explore how artists across time and place have contemplated the afterlife.
Andrea Myers Achi and Akili Tommasino
May 17
At left, a smiling woman in a yellow jacket reaches out with both hands towards a wooden bookshelf at right to retrieve a book. The shelves hold books both horizontally and vertically.
Video
“Part of what inspired the project was wanting to create something that really centered the brilliance and creativity of Black women writers and the transformative possibilities that come with reading.”
OlaRonke Akinmowo
April 25
Curator Denise Murrell stands in a purple shirt before a painting by Aaron Douglas featuring geometric abstracted figures rendered in a wide range of purples and greens.
Video
Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Met’s Director's Office, for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.
Denise Murrell
March 7
collage of a harlem block with two buildings. A jazz band plays and children also play on the street.
How does the rediscovery of an audio component for Romare Bearden’s monumental collage transform our understanding of it?
Lauren Rosati
February 22
Harlem Is Everywhere podcast artwork featuring William Henry Johnsons's "Street Life, Harlem"
Audio
How music, fashion, literature, and art shaped a modern Black identity during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond
February 16