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By carving symbolic designs into recycled tires, Betsabeé Romero creates artworks that reference ancient motifs and evoke reflections on movement.
Laura Filloy Nadal
November 21, 2024

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What were the sounds of the Harlem Renaissance?
Jessica Lynne, James Smalls, Richard J. Powell, Christian McBride, and Carl Phillips
March 12, 2024

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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Jessica Lynne, Denise Murrell, Richard J. Powell, Monica L. Miller, Bridget R. Cooks, and Mary Schmidt Campbell
February 20, 2024

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How music, fashion, literature, and art shaped a modern Black identity during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond
February 16, 2024

Learn how Picasso’s defining portrait of Gertrude Stein helped usher in a new era of modern art and literature.
Francesca Wade
November 22, 2023

Despite Karl Lagerfeld's insistence on the separation between art and fashion, he drew inspiration from a wide range of artistic sources.
Kai Toussaint Marcel
July 14, 2023

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Discover the journey of 47 caps and headdresses from Central Africa’s Congo River basin to The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Wendy A. Grossman
September 26, 2022

How did a set of Congolese headdresses influence the evolution of modern fashion?
Wendy A. Grossman
September 26, 2022

Once the toast of Paris, avant-garde photographer Germaine Krull held a mirror to queer life in interwar France.
Marina Molarsky-Beck
August 17, 2021

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"This was my first step into modernism, which after this I began to appreciate more and more."
Amelia Peck
January 31, 2013